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Title Epistemology and the social / edited by Evandro Agazzi, Javier Echeverría and Amparo Gómez Rodríguez.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (231 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities, 0303-8157 ; v. 96
Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 96. 0303-8157
Note Papers presented at a meeting of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science, held Sept. 22-25, 2005, in Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Summary "Epistemology had to come to terms with "the social" on two different occasions. The first was represented by the dispute about the epistemological status of the "social" sciences, and in this case the already well established epistemology of the natural sciences seemed to have the right to dictate the conditions for a discipline to be a science. But the social sciences could successfully vindicate the legitimacy of their specific criteria for scientificity. More recently, the impact of social factors on the construction of our knowledge (including scientific knowledge) has reversed ... the old position and promoted social inquiry to the role of a criterion for evaluating the purport of cognitive (including scientific) statements"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL; CONTENTS; Introduction: Epistemology and the Social; PART 1. GENERAL PERSPECTIVES; Epistemology and the Social: A Feedback Loop; Historical and Transcendental Factors in the Construction of the Sciences; Puzzles and Problems.; Normativity and Self-Interest in Scientific Research; PART 2. VALUES IN THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENCE; Economic Values in the Configuration of Science; The Philosophical Impact of Technoscience or the Development of a Pragmatic Philosophy of Science; PART 3. SOCIAL IMPACT ON PARTICULAR SCIENCE.
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Subject Social sciences -- Methodology -- Congresses.
Social sciences -- Methodology.
Social sciences -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
Knowledge, Sociology of -- Congresses.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Knowledge, Theory of -- Congresses.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science -- Methodology -- Congresses.
Science -- Methodology.
Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
Science -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- Conference proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Agazzi, Evandro.
Echeverría, Javier.
Gómez Rodríguez, Amparo.
Académie internationale de philosophie des sciences. Meeting (2005 : Tenerife, Canary Islands)
Other Form: Print version: Epistemology and the social. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008 9789042024212 9042024216 (OCoLC)232124267
ISBN 9781435651463 (electronic book)
1435651464 (electronic book)
9789401206037
9401206031
9042024216 (paperback)
9789042024212 (paperback)