02774nam 2200661 450 991046665430332120200520144314.00-226-21933-X10.7208/9780226219332(CKB)3800000000007772(EBL)2130126(SSID)ssj0001397116(PQKBManifestationID)11803171(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001397116(PQKBWorkID)11415369(PQKB)11197873(MiAaPQ)EBC2130126(DE-B1597)524140(OCoLC)1051462880(DE-B1597)9780226219332(Au-PeEL)EBL2130126(CaPaEBR)ebr10991133(CaONFJC)MIL819292(OCoLC)918623409(EXLCZ)99380000000000777219900205d1990 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScience and relativism some key controversies in the philosophy of science /Larry LaudanChicago :University of Chicago Press,1990.1 online resource (196 p.)Science and its conceptual foundationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-46949-2 0-226-46948-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note to the Reader -- 1. Progress and Cumulativity -- 2. Theory-Iadenness and Underdetermination -- 3. Holism -- 4. Standards of Success -- 5. Incommensurability -- 6. Interests and the Social Determinants of Belief -- References -- IndexIn 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.Science and its conceptual foundations.SciencePhilosophyScienceHistoryRelativityElectronic books.SciencePhilosophy.ScienceHistory.Relativity.149/.73Laudan Larry45161MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466654303321Science and relativism2125324UNINA