Epistemology and the social:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Rodopi 2008
Series:Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities v. 96
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Item Description:Papers presented at a meeting of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science, held Sept. 22-25, 2005, in Tenerife, Canary Islands
"Epistemology had to come to terms with "the social" on two different occasions. The first was represented by the dispute about the epistemological status of the "social" sciences, and in this case the already well established epistemology of the natural sciences seemed to have the right to dictate the conditions for a discipline to be a science. But the social sciences could successfully vindicate the legitimacy of their specific criteria for scientificity. More recently, the impact of social factors on the construction of our knowledge (including scientific knowledge) has reversed ... the old position and promoted social inquiry to the role of a criterion for evaluating the purport of cognitive (including scientific) statements"--Page 4 of cover
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EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL; CONTENTS; Introduction: Epistemology and the Social; PART 1. GENERAL PERSPECTIVES; Epistemology and the Social: A Feedback Loop; Historical and Transcendental Factors in the Construction of the Sciences; Puzzles and Problems.; Normativity and Self-Interest in Scientific Research; PART 2. VALUES IN THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENCE; Economic Values in the Configuration of Science; The Philosophical Impact of Technoscience or the Development of a Pragmatic Philosophy of Science; PART 3. SOCIAL IMPACT ON PARTICULAR SCIENCE.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (231 pages)
ISBN:1435651464
9401206031
9781435651463
9789401206037

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