Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 194 pages, xiv, 180 p. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250. . 1990. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0226469492
ISBN 13: 9780226469492
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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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.

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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.

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