Scientific perspectivism
By: Ronald N. Giere.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780226292120
Description: Many people assume that the claims of scientists are objective truths. But historians, sociologists, and philosophers of science have long argued that scientific claims reflect the particular historical, cultural, and social context in which those claims were made. Ronald Giere investigates this field.