Relativism in the Philosophy of Science

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Cover Title page Copyright page Relativism in the Philosophy of Science Contents 1 Introduction 2 What Is Relativism? “x Is Relative to y” Ingredients of Epistemic Relativism Relativist Stances Why Relativism? Disagreements – Faultless, Fundamental, Peer Incommensurability Relativism as a Remedy against Skepticism Attacking Absolutist Metaphysics, Semantics, and Philosophy of Science Boghossian’s Relativist Arguments Some Arguments against Relativism Boghossian versus Boghossian Self-Refutation Relativist Double-Think Against Absolute Relativism Variation 3 Kuhn, Feyerabend, Perspectivism, Pluralism Introduction Kuhn’s Structure Kuhn after Structure Recent Kuhn-Debates Feyerabend Scientific Pluralism Scientific Perspectivism Relativism? 4 Epistemic Voluntarism and Relativism Introduction Relativism-Related Motifs in The Scientific Imageand Scientific Representation Stances Voluntarism Revolutions Voluntarism and Relativism Critical Discussion Stances Objectifying and Voluntarist Epistemology Moderate or Radical Voluntarism Scientific Revolutions and Pluralism Impulses Incommensurability, Absurdity, Rationality Boghossian’s Objections Summary 5 Relativism in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge Introduction The Central Elements of SSK The Strong Program Hesse-Nets The Rule-Following Considerations Empiricism Rationality Fundamental Scientific Disagreements Intermediate Summary Answering Boghossian SSK and Voluntarist-Constructive Empiricism Empiricism Stances, Impulses, Interests Wittgenstein Rationality Revolutions and the Role of Philosophy and Sociology of Knowledge Summary 6 Relativism and Post-Truth Introduction Relativism and Intelligent Design Relativism and Science and Technology Studies References Acknowledgements