A Nice Derangement of Epistemes
Post-positivism in the Study of Science from Quine to Latour
406 pages, 6 x 9
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2004
Cloth $73.00
ISBN: 9780226978611
Published February 2004
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ISBN: 9780226978628
Published February 2004
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. From Positivism to Post-positivism 2. The Perils of Semantic Ascent: Quine and Post-positivism in the Philosophy of Science 3. Living in Different Worlds? Kuhn's Misadventures with Incommensurability 4. Doing Kuhn One Better? The (Failed) Marriage of History and Philosophy of Science 5. How Kuhn Became a Sociologist (and Why He Didn't Like It): The Strong Program and the Social Construction of Science 6. All the Way Down: Social Constructivism and the Turn to Microsociological Studies 7. Women, ANTs, and (Other) Dangerous Things: "Hybrid" Discourses 8. A Nice Derangement of Epistemes: Radical Reflexivity and the Science Wars Conclusion: The Hyperbolic Derangement of Epistemes Notes Index
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