ENGLISH

Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science

By Larry Laudan

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780226219332
DOI
10.7208/9780226219332
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11045743 bytes)
Pages
194\195
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-15 02:44:36

Description

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.

Similar books