Against Relativism: Philosophy of Science, Deconstruction, and Critical Theory - Couverture rigide

Norris, Christopher

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631198644 ISBN 13 : 9780631198642

Editeur : Wiley–Blackwell, 1997

Synopsis

Book by Norris Christopher

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"With his characteristic energy and scruple, Christopher Norris has mounted an unusually wide–ranging, cross–disciplinary attack on a family of doctrines – all prominent forms of cultural relativism – tethered to the singular claim that truth is constructed and, therefore is whatever we make of it. Securing that lone thread, Norris weaves before our eyes a tapestry of rogue theories that include anti–realism, social constructionism, the ′strong programme′, neopragmatism, relativism, scepticism, Kuhnian and Foucaudlian fashions, and more." Joseph Margolis, Temple University

"This author provides a great service to modern and postmodern philosphers of science who are held at somewhat of a distance by the writing styles of their counterparts...Norris′ survey is extensive...it is wonderful at bringing out how postmodern discussions of language and ontology can be sewn into the fabric of arguments grounded in the assumptions of the Received View." J.F.Metcalfe, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, Vol.39, No.3

Quatrième de couverture :

This book offers a vigorous and constructive challenge to the various forms of anti–realist and cultural–relativist thinking. By examining a wide range of anti–realist theories, the author is able to highlight the problems, including the ethical dilemmas, to which they give rise, and in response offer a variety of arguments amounting to a strong defence of critical realism in the natural and social sciences. These arguments are drawn from a wide range of sources such as theoretical physics, philosophical semantics, deconstruction and critical theory. This book will thus be of interest to both students and scholars in the fields of critical theory, philosophy and history of science, and epistemology, demonstrating as it does the incoherence of anti–realist doctrines.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley–Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0631198644
• ISBN 13: 9780631198642
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344