Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) - Softcover

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Laudan, Larry

 
9780226469492: Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

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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 to major issues in the philosophy of knowledge.

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Larry Laudan is professor and chairman in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii. Among his books areProgress and Its Problems, Science, and Values, and Science and Hypothesis.

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Why have many members of the intellectual community embraced a radical relativism where knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in particular are concerned? Have Kuhn, Quine, and Feyerabend 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 Science and Relativism, Larry offers a trenchant, wide-ranging critique of cognitive relativism and a thorough introduction to majorissues in the philosophy of knowledge.

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ISBN 10:  0226469484 ISBN 13:  9780226469485
Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1990
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