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Cognition and Fact
. Ed(S): Cohen, Robert S.; Schnelle, Thomas
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Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Robert S.; Schnelle, Thomas. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 501 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 765.
Within the last ten years, the interest of historians and philosophers of science in the epistemological writings of the Polish medical microbiologist Ludwik Fleck (1896-1961), who had up to then been almost completely unknown, has advanced with great strides. His main writings on epistemological questions were published in the mid-1930's, but they remained almost unnoticed. Today, however, one may rightly call Fleck a 'classical' figure both of episte mology and of the historical sociology of science, one whose works are comparable with Popper's Logic of Scientific Discovery or Merton's pioneer ing study of the relations among economics, Puritanism, and natural ... Read more
Within the last ten years, the interest of historians and philosophers of science in the epistemological writings of the Polish medical microbiologist Ludwik Fleck (1896-1961), who had up to then been almost completely unknown, has advanced with great strides. His main writings on epistemological questions were published in the mid-1930's, but they remained almost unnoticed. Today, however, one may rightly call Fleck a 'classical' figure both of episte mology and of the historical sociology of science, one whose works are comparable with Popper's Logic of Scientific Discovery or Merton's pioneer ing study of the relations among economics, Puritanism, and natural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
501
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
468
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401085045
SKU
V9789401085045
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