ISBN:
9780226978611
,
9780226978628
,
0226978613
,
0226978621
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 390 S.
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24 cm
DDC:
501
Keywords:
Science Philosophy
;
Science History
;
Progress
;
Science Philosophy
;
Science History
;
Progress
;
Positivismus
;
Wissenschaftsphilosophie
;
Humanwissenschaften
;
Wissenschaftstheorie
;
Wissenschaftsforschung
Abstract:
From positivism to post-positivism -- The perils of semantic ascent : Quine and post-positivism in the philosophy of science -- Living in different worlds? : Kuhn's misadventures with incommensurability -- Doing Kuhn one better? : the (failed) marriage of history and philosophy of science -- How Kuhn became a sociologist (and why he didn't like it) : the strong program and the social construction of science -- All the way down : social constructivism and the turn to microsociological studies -- Women, ANTs, and (other) dangerous things : "hybrid" discourses -- A nice derangement of epistemes : radical reflexivity and the science wars -- Conclusion : the hyperbolic derangement of epistemes
Description / Table of Contents:
From positivism to post-positivism -- The perils of semantic ascent : Quine and post-positivism in the philosophy of science -- Living in different worlds? : Kuhn's misadventures with incommensurability -- Doing Kuhn one better? : the (failed) marriage of history and philosophy of science -- How Kuhn became a sociologist (and why he didn't like it) : the strong program and the social construction of science -- All the way down : social constructivism and the turn to microsociological studies -- Women, ANTs, and (other) dangerous things : "hybrid" discourses -- A nice derangement of epistemes : radical reflexivity and the science wars -- Conclusion : the hyperbolic derangement of epistemes.
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Includes bibliographical references and index
