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Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science Paperback - 1990 - 1st Edition

by Larry Laudan

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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.

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Why have many members of the intellectual community embraced a radical relativism where knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in particular are concerned? Have Kuhn, Quine, and Feyerabend 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 Science and Relativism, Larry offers a trenchant, wide-ranging critique of cognitive relativism and a thorough introduction to majorissues in the philosophy of knowledge.

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  • Title Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science
  • Author Larry Laudan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 194
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1990-08-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780226469492 / 0226469492
  • Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.69 x 4.61 x 0.54 in (22.07 x 11.71 x 1.37 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Science - History, Science - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 90032112
  • Dewey Decimal Code 149.73

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Larry Laudan is professor and chairman in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii. Among his books are Progress and Its Problems, Science, and Values, and Science and Hypothesis.

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