Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

Laudan, Larry

ISBN 10: 0226469492 / ISBN 13: 9780226469492

Published by University of Chicago Press (edition 1), 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226469492
• ISBN 13: 9780226469492
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

In recent years, many members of the intellectual community have embraced a radical relativism regarding knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in particular, holding that Kuhn, Quine, and Feyerabend have knocked the traditional picture of scientific knowledge into a cocked hat. Is philosophy of science, or mistaken impressions of it, responsible for the rise of relativism? In this book, Laudan offers a trenchant, wide-ranging critique of cognitive relativism and a thorough introduction to major issues in the philosophy of knowledge.

About the Author

Larry Laudan is professor and chairman in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii. Among his books are Progress and Its Problems, Science, and Values, and Science and Hypothesis.