Scientific Rationality: The Sociological Turn
Author:   J.R. Brown
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1984 ed.
Volume:   25
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9789027718129


Pages:   332
Publication Date:   31 August 1984
Format:   Hardback
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Scientific Rationality: The Sociological Turn


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Author:   J.R. Brown
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1984 ed.
Volume:   25
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.460kg
ISBN:  

9789027718129


ISBN 10:   9027718121
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   31 August 1984
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Sociological Turn.- The Pseudo-Science of Science?.- The Strengths of the Strong Programme.- The Strong Program: A Dialogue.- Problems of Intelligibility and Paradigm Instances.- The Rational and the Social in the History of Science.- A Plague on Both Your Houses.- Two Historiographical Strategies: Ideas and Social Conditions in the History of Science.- The Role of Arational Factors in Interpretive History: The Case of Kant and ESP.- On the Sociology of Belief, Knowledge, and Science.- Scientific and Other Interests.- The Sociology of Reasons: Or Why “Epistemic Factors” are Really “Social Factors”.

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