Science and relativism : some key controversies in the philosophy of science /

Science and relativism : some key controversies in the philosophy of science /

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Author / Creator:Laudan, Larry, author.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Description:1 online resource (196 pages)
Language:English
Series:Science and its conceptual foundations
Science and its conceptual foundations.
Subject:
Science -- Philosophy.
Science -- History.
Relativity.
Relativity.
Science.
Science -- Philosophy.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11239443
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ISBN:9780226219332
022621933X
9780226469492
0226469492
0226469484
0226469492
9780226469485
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Laudan, Larry. Science and relativism : some key controversies in the philosophy of science. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990 xiii, 180 pages ; 21 cm Science and its conceptual foundations 9780226469485

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