The Fate of Knowledge
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780691088754
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Philosophy of science; Epistemology; History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science; Philosophy / Epistemology; Sociology; Knowledge, Sociology of; Philosophy
First sentence: THE FATE OF KNOWLEDGE explores the epistemological consequences of two shifts in current philosophy of science: the growing recognition of the social character of scientific inquiry and the increasing acknowledgement of explanatory plurality in various scientific fields.