Weak Knowledge Forms, Functions, and Dynamics (Hardcover)

Language: English

Published by Campus Verlag, Frankfurt, 2020

3593509776 / 9783593509778

Series: Book 5 of 9 - Schwächediskurse und Ressourcenregime|Discourses of Weakness & Resource Regimes

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Hardcover. Many of us view the world of science as a firm bastion of knowledge, with each new discovery and further illumination adding to an unshakable foundation of natural truths. Weak Knowledge aims to rattle our faith, not in core certainties of scientific findings but in their strength as accessible resources. The authors show how, throughout history, many bodies of research have become precarious due to a host of factors. These factors have included cultural or social disinterest, feeble empirical evidence or theoretical justifications, and a lack of practical applications in a given fields findings. This book brings together cases from a range of historical periods and disciplines, ranging from personal medicine to climatology, to illuminate the specific forms, functions, and dynamics of so-called weak bodies of knowledge. Forms Functions and Dynamics. Many of us view the world of science as a firm bastion of knowledge, with each new discovery and further illumination adding to an unshakable foundation of natural truths. Weak Knowledge aims to rattle our faith, not in core certainties of scientific findings but in their strength as accessible resources. The authors show how, throughout history, many bodies of research have become precarious due to a host of factors. These factors have included cultural or social disinterest, feeble empirical e Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title
Weak Knowledge Forms, Functions, and Dynamics (Hardcover)
Author
Moritz Epple
Publisher
Campus Verlag, Frankfurt
Publication year
2020
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new
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Hardcover
Language
English
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3593509776
ISBN 13
9783593509778
Series
Book 5 of 9: Schwächediskurse und Ressourcenregime|Discourses of Weakness & Resource Regimes

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