Bibliograph

Epistemology and the social, edited by Evandro Agazzi, Javier Echeverría and Amparo Gómez Rodríguez

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Epistemology and the social, edited by Evandro Agazzi, Javier Echeverría and Amparo Gómez Rodríguez

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Epistemology and the social

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

233987303

Responsibility statement

edited by Evandro Agazzi, Javier Echeverría and Amparo Gómez Rodríguez

Series statement

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities,, v. 96, 0303-8157Brill E-Books

Summary

"Epistemology had to come to terms with "the social" on two different occasions. The first was represented by the dispute about the epistemological status of the "social" sciences, and in this case the already well established epistemology of the natural sciences seemed to have the right to dictate the conditions for a discipline to be a science. But the social sciences could successfully vindicate the legitimacy of their specific criteria for scientificity. More recently, the impact of social factors on the construction of our knowledge (including scientific knowledge) has reversed ... the old position and promoted social inquiry to the role of a criterion for evaluating the purport of cognitive (including scientific) statements"--Page 4 of cover.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL; CONTENTS; Introduction: Epistemology and the Social; PART 1. GENERAL PERSPECTIVES; Epistemology and the Social: A Feedback Loop; Historical and Transcendental Factors in the Construction of the Sciences; Puzzles and Problems.; Normativity and Self-Interest in Scientific Research; PART 2. VALUES IN THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENCE; Economic Values in the Configuration of Science; The Philosophical Impact of Technoscience or the Development of a Pragmatic Philosophy of Science; PART 3. SOCIAL IMPACT ON PARTICULAR SCIENCE

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