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Overview
“This is a very important work, with contributions by many of the most prominent scholars in science studies....It actually delivers on its promise to renew discussion and develop fresh ideas about the allegation that the sciences are no longer (or never were) unified by a single theoretical view of nature or a methodological foundation.” —Michael Lynch, Brunel University
Synopsis
“This is a very important work, with contributions by many of the most prominent scholars in science studies....It actually delivers on its promise to renew discussion and develop fresh ideas about the allegation that the sciences are no longer (or never were) unified by a single theoretical view of nature or a methodological foundation.” —Michael Lynch, Brunel University
Booknews
Comprises 16 papers addressing the varied aspects of the debate concerning the unity or disunity of science. Contributors, including scholars of feminist theory and philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science, address topics including how the context of discovery shapes knowledge, whether antirealism, realism, or arealism becomes defensible within a picture of local scientific knowledge, and what politics lie behind and follow from particular views of the world of science. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)