Between History and Method: Disputes about the Rationality of Science: 145 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 145) - Hardcover

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Amsterdamski, S.

 
9780792319412: Between History and Method: Disputes about the Rationality of Science: 145 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 145)
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ISBN 10: 0792319419 ISBN 13: 9780792319412
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992

Synopsis

The strongest of the new contenders for epistemological recognition are social constructivists, who analyze in detail how knowledge is produced within specific social settings, including the instruments and procedures of par­ ticular laboratories and the economic and political realities of particular scientific communities.

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Synopsis

In this work, Amsterdamski proposes a programme which he believes offers the only way to give an account of the specificity of science with respect to other products of human intellectual activities if we cannot accept the idea of the supra-historical rationality of human nature.

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Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0792319419
ISBN 13 
9780792319412
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
238

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