Science, politics, and social practice
Subtitle: essays on Marxism and science, philosophy of culture and the social sciences : in honor of Robert S. Cohen
By: edited by Kostas Gavroglu, John Stachel, Marx W. Wartofsky.
Contributors: Cohen, R. S.; Gavroglou, Kōstas.; Stachel, John J., 1928-; Wartofsky, Marx W.
Series: Boston studies in the philosophy of science ;; v. 164
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dordrecht [Netherlands]; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
Subjects: Cohen, R. S; Science -- Philosophy; Science -- Social aspects
Description: "In Science, Politics and Social Practice (Volume II of Essays in honor of Robert S. Cohen), an international group of scholars - philosophers, sociologists, historians, and political scientists - discuss issues at the cutting edge of contemporary social and political thought, and its bearing on science. Several essays discuss the relations of Marxism to science, and specifically, to the philosophies of science of Carnap and Popper, as well as Soviet Marxism, and the effects of Stalinism on Soviet science. There are also essays on the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences, on questions of method and aim in historical narrative, on the issue of cultural relativism, and more."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.