The problem of relativism in the sociology of (scientific) knowledge /
This volume comprises original articles by leading authors - from philosophy as well as sociology - in the debate around relativism in the sociology of (scientific) knowledge. Its aim has been to bring together several threads from the relevant disciplines and to cover the discussion from historical...
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| Language: | English |
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Frankfurt, Germany ; Lancaster, LA1 :
Ontos Verlag,
2011.
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| Series: | Philosophische Analyse ;
Bd. 43. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Notes on Contributers; Introduction; Relativism as a Completion of the Scientific Project; Relativism, Incoherence, and the Strong Programme; Realism and Relativism; Theory-Ladenness and Relativism; Constructed Worlds, Contested Truths; Relativism, Meaning and the New Sociology of Knowledge; Methodological Relationism; Karl Mannheim, Relativism and Knowledge in the Natural Sciences
- A Deviant Interpretation; Knowledge, Practice, and the Problem of Relativism
- Reconsidering Michael Polanyi's 'Personal Knowledge'