Science and Relativism - Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science

Door: Larry Laudan

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• ISBN: 9780226469492
• Boekreferentie: Filosofie
• Uitgever: University of Chicago Press
• Taal: ------------------
• Categorie: Kennis en wetenschap
• Details: Paperback, Redelijk, enkele aantekeningen in potlood en pen.
• Extra informatie: In recent years, many members of the intellectual community have embraced a radical relativism regarding knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in particular, holding that Kuhn, Quine, and Feyerabend have knocked the traditional picture of scientific knowledge into a cocked hat. Is philosophy of science, or mistaken impressions of it, responsible for the rise of relativism? In this book, Laudan offers a trenchant, wide-ranging critique of cognitive relativism and a thorough introduction t
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