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Title The problem of relativism in the sociology of (scientific) knowledge / edited by Richard Schantz and Markus Seidel
Published Frankfurt, Germany ; Lancaster, LA1 : Ontos Verlag, 2011
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Series Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 43
Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 43.
Contents Notes on Contributers; Introduction; Relativism as a Completion of the Scientific Project; Relativism, Incoherence, and the Strong Programme; Realism and Relativism; Theory-Ladenness and Relativism; Constructed Worlds, Contested Truths; Relativism, Meaning and the New Sociology of Knowledge; Methodological Relationism; Karl Mannheim, Relativism and Knowledge in the Natural Sciences -- A Deviant Interpretation; Knowledge, Practice, and the Problem of Relativism -- Reconsidering Michael Polanyi's 'Personal Knowledge'
Summary This volume comprises original articles by leading authors - from philosophy as well as sociology - in the debate around relativism in the sociology of (scientific) knowledge. Its aim has been to bring together several threads from the relevant disciplines and to cover the discussion from historical and systematic points of view. Among the contributors are Maria Baghramian, Barry Barnes, Martin Endreß, Hubert Knoblauch, Richard Schantz and Harvey Siegel
Notes Hardcover published December 15, 2011
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (degruyter WWW site, viewed July 28, 2020)
Subject Relativity.
Science -- Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Deconstruction.
Science -- Philosophy
Relativity
Form Electronic book
Author Schantz, Richard, editor
Seidel, Markus, editor
LC no. 2020394774
ISBN 9783110325904
311032590X
3868381260
9783868381269
3110325160
9783110325164
OTHER TI Free access