Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science - Couverture souple

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Laudan, Larry

 
9780226469492: Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

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

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9780226469485: Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science

Edition présentée

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