Philosophy of Science and Its Discontents, Second Edition - Softcover

Fuller, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898620201 ISBN 13: 9780898620207

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1992

Synopsis

The most important and exciting recent development in the philosophy of science is its merging with the sociology of scientific knowledge. Here is the first text book to make this development available.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Fuller, Ph.D., teaches in the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and in the Communications Department at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the founding and executive editor of the journal, Social Epistemology, and the author of three books including Philosophy of Science and Its Discontents.

Review:

"The most important and exciting recent development in the philosophy of science is its merging with the sociology of scientific knowledge. Here is the first text book to make this development available. It belongs as a second text in every course of philosophy of science, whether taught in a philosophy department, or as a part of the scientific method teaching in psychology, political science, sociology, economics, etc. While the title does not signal this, it also belongs in every sociology of science course." --Donald T. Campbell, Ph.D., Past President, American Psychological Association, Member, National Academy of Sciences, Division 53, Social and Political Sciences

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0898620201
• ISBN 13: 9780898620207
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240