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Pandora's Hope: Essays on the Reality of Science Studies
Bruno Latour
ISBN 13: 9780674653368
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Softcover
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Spurred on by a psychologist friend to defend his 'belief in reality,' Latour rallies against the false absolutism that characterizes the 'science wars.' Latour argues that realism and relativism are compatible propositions. Science studies, Latour insists, bridges the gap between the object and the social by restoring humanity to the search for truth.
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