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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Schantz, Richard (Editor), Seidel, Markus (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt, Germany ; Lancaster, LA1 : Ontos Verlag, 2011.
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'