Social constructivism and the philosophy of science /
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| Author / Creator: | Kukla, Andrae, 1942- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. |
| Description: | x, 170 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Philosophical issues in science. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4332887 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Defining constructivism
- 2. Constructivism and the sociology of scientific knowledge
- 3. The varieties of dependence
- 4. The varieties of constitutive constructivisms
- 5. The empirical case for constructivism
- 6. The a priori case for constructivism
- 7. Three brief and inadequate objections to constructivism
- 8. The problem of misrepresentation
- 9. Constructive empiricism and social constructivism
- 10. The infinite regress of constructions
- 11. The Duhemian asymmetry
- 12. The problem of the two societies
- 13. Constructivism and time
- 14. Constructivism and logic
- 15. Relativism
- 16. Semantic constructivism
- 17. Irrationalism
- 18. Conclusions
- References
- Index
