| Description |
x, 330 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Metaphor, Concept and Theory Change: Deconstruction as Critical Oncology -- 2. Deconstruction and Epistemology: Bachelard, Derrida, de Man -- 3. Ontological Relativity and Meaning Variance: A Critical-Constructive Review -- 4. Quantum Mechanics: A Case for Deconstruction? -- 5. Hermeneutics, Anti-Realism and Philosophy of Science --6. Anti-Realism and Constructive Empiricism: Is There a (Real) Difference? -- 7. Oncology According to Van Fraassen: Some Problems with Constructive Empiricism --8. Stuck in the Mangle: Sociology of Science and its Discontents -- 9. But Will it Fly? Aerodynamics as a Test Case for Anti-Realism -- 10. Why Strong Sociologists Abhor a Vacuum: Shapin and Schaffer on the Boyle/Hobbes Controversy -- 11. Leviathan and the Turbojet: A Critique of Sociological Unreason |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Deconstruction.
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Realism.
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Science -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
97004300 |
| ISBN |
0631198644 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0631198652 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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