Presents a collection of essays that questions how the historical process affects our conception of science, our understanding of its validity, and our general conception of knowledge. This book considers the philosophical labours spanning the work of Descartes, Kant and Hegel, and also of selected historians of science such as Kuhn and Feyerbend. Editor(s): Rockmore, Tom. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500. . 2006. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: History, Historicity and Science
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0754656497
ISBN 13: 9780754656494
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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This fresh collection of essays questions how the historical process affects our conception of science, including our understanding of its validity as well as our general conception of knowledge. The essays in this book consider the philosophical labours spanning the work of Descartes, Kant and Hegel, still the philosophical basis of our modern understanding of science, as well as recent selected philosophers and historians of science such as Kuhn and Feyerbend. Themes raised include the philosophical basis for the validity of science, the possibility of ever knowing the independent world as it truly is, and the intelligibility of construing scientific knowledge as a historical. Taken separately and together, these essays provide a sustained analysis of scientific claims to objective standing, the historicity of thought and inquiry. They point toward unfinished philosophical business and the need for a new beginning.

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Joseph Margolis is Professor at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. Tom Rockmore is Professor at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA.

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