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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782857103321

Autore

Rehg William

Titolo

Cogent science in context : the science wars, argumentation theory, and Habermas / / William Rehg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

1-282-24040-4

9786612240409

0-262-25531-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Collana

Studies in contemporary German social thought

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Science - Philosophy

Debates and debating

Persuasion (Rhetoric)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-335) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This text is a proposal for an interdisciplinary context-sensitive framework for assessing the strength of scientific arguments that melds Jürgen Habermas's discourse theory and sociological contextualism.