Do knowledge and science arise from the application of canons of
rationality and scientific method? Or is all our scientific
knowledge caused by socio-political factors, or by our interests in
the socio-political - the view of sociologists of "knowledge"? Or
does it result from interplay of relations of power - the view of
Michel Foucault? Or does our knowledge arise from "the will to
power" - the view of Nietzsche? This volume sets out to critically
examine the theses of those who would debunk the idea of rational
explanation.
The book is wide-ranging. The theories of method of Quine, Kuhn,
Feyerabend (amongst others) are discussed and related to the views
of Marx, Foucault, Wittgenstein and Nietzsche as well as
sociologists of science such as Mannheim and Bloor. The author
provides a wide interpretative framework which links the doctrines
espoused by many of these authors; it is argued that they inherit
many of the difficulties in the Strong Programme in the sociology
of "knowledge," and that they fail to reconcile the normativity of
knowledge with their naturalism. It is argued that neither
relativists, sceptics, nihilists, sociologists of "knowledge" nor
the postmodernists successfully debunk the claims of rational
explanation, far from it: these theorists presuppose much of the
theory of methodology they deny.
General
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 230 |
Release date: |
February 2003 |
First published: |
2003 |
Authors: |
R. Nola
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
559 |
Edition: |
2003 ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4020-1042-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
Philosophy of science
|
LSN: |
1-4020-1042-7 |
Barcode: |
9781402010422 |
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