The Fate of Knowledge / / Helen E. Longino.

Helen Longino seeks to break the current deadlock in the ongoing wars between philosophers of science and sociologists of science--academic battles founded on disagreement about the role of social forces in constructing scientific knowledge. While many philosophers of science downplay social forces,...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2002
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One. Introduction: The Rational-Social Dichotomy
  • Chapter Two.Taking Social Studies of Science Seriously
  • Chapter Three. The Philosophers Respond
  • Chapter Four. Disassembling the Rational-Social Dichotomy
  • Chapter Five. Socializing Cognition
  • Chapter Six .Socializing Knowledge
  • Chapter Seven. Clarifications and Responses
  • Chapter Eight. Pluralism and Local Epistemologies
  • Chapter Nine. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index