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Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science

In recent years, many members of the intellectual community have embraced a radical relativism regarding knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in particular, holding that Kuhn, Quine, and Feyerabend have knocked the traditional picture of scientific knowledge into a cocked hat. Is philosophy of science, or mistaken impressions of it, responsible for the rise of relativism? In this book, Laudan offers a trenchant, wide-ranging critique of cognitive relativism and a thorough introduction to major issues in the philosophy of knowledge.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 194
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780226469492
  • Genres
  • philosophy, science
  • Release date
  • 1990