Nice Derangement of Epistemes Post-Positivism in the Study of Science from Quine to Latour

Name: Nice Derangement of Epistemes Post-Positivism in the Study of Science from Quine to Latour
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ISBN: 9780226978628

ISBN-10: 0226978621

ISBN-13: 9780226978628

Edition: 2004

Authors: John H. Zammito

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Reconstructing the critiques of positivism, John H. Zammito argues that positivist theories of science provide very little support for fashionable postmodern approaches to science studies.

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 406
Size: 0.59" wide x 0.89" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



From Positivism to Post-positivism



The Perils of Semantic Ascent: Quine and Post-positivism in the Philosophy of Science



Living in Different Worlds? Kuhn's Misadventures with Incommensurability



Doing Kuhn One Better? The (Failed) Marriage of History and Philosophy of Science



How Kuhn Became a Sociologist (and Why He Didn't Like It): The Strong Program and the Social Construction of Science



All the Way Down: Social Constructivism and the Turn to Microsociological Studies



Women, ANTs, and (Other) Dangerous Things: "Hybrid" Discourses



A Nice Derangement of Epistemes: Radical Reflexivity and the Science WarsConclusion: The Hyperbolic Derangement of Epistemes


Notes


Index