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Epistemology, Methodology, and the Social Sciences
. Ed(S): Cohen, R.S.; Wartofsky, Marx W.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, R.S.; Wartofsky, Marx W. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 419.
The last decades have seen major reformations in the philosophy and history of science. What has been called 'post-positivist' philosophy of science has introduced radically new concerns with historical, social, and valuative components of scientific thought in the natural sciences, and has raised up the demons of relativism, subjectivism and sociologism to haunt the once calm precincts of objectivity and realism. Though these disturbances intruded upon what had seemed to be the logically well-ordered domain of the philoso phy of the natural sciences, they were no news to the social sciences. There, the messy business of human action, volition, decision, ... Read more
The last decades have seen major reformations in the philosophy and history of science. What has been called 'post-positivist' philosophy of science has introduced radically new concerns with historical, social, and valuative components of scientific thought in the natural sciences, and has raised up the demons of relativism, subjectivism and sociologism to haunt the once calm precincts of objectivity and realism. Though these disturbances intruded upon what had seemed to be the logically well-ordered domain of the philoso phy of the natural sciences, they were no news to the social sciences. There, the messy business of human action, volition, decision, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048183760
SKU
V9789048183760
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