The fundamental question of whether, or in what sense, science
informs us about the real world has pervaded the history of thought
since antiquity. Is what science tells us about the world
determined unambiguously by facts, or does the content of any
scientific theory in some way depend on the human condition? "Sokal
s hoax" attacked the mere seriousness of post-modern views of
science and shifted this controversial debate to a new level, which
very quickly came to be known as "Science Wars."
"Knowledge and the World" examines and reviews the broad range
of philosophical positions on this issue, extending from realism to
relativism, to expound the epistemic merit of t science, and to
tackle the central question: in what sense can science justifiably
claim to provide a truthful portrait of reality? Challenges beyond
the Science Wars are taken up by contributions of scientists,
sociologists and philosophers of science, which connect
perspectives of a wide variety of disciplines (including biology
and cultural studies). This book addresses everyone interested in
the philosophy and history of science, and in particular in the
interplay between the social and natural sciences.
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