A nice derangement of epistemes post-positivism in the study of science from Quine to Latour /

Zammito, John H.

A nice derangement of epistemes post-positivism in the study of science from Quine to Latour / [Texte imprimé] : John H. Zammito - Chicago (Ill.) ; London : University of Chicago press, cop. 2004 - 1 vol. (X-390 p.) ; 24 cm

Index

Bibliogr. p. 277-370

From positivism to post-positivism -- The perils of semantic ascent : Quine and post-positivism in the philosophy of science -- Living in different worlds? : Kuhn's misadventures with incommensurability -- Doing Kuhn one better? : the (failed) marriage of history and philosophy of science -- How Kuhn became a sociologist (and why he didn't like it) : the strong program and the social construction of science -- All the way down : social constructivism and the turn to microsociological studies -- Women, ANTs, and (other) dangerous things : "hybrid" discourses -- A nice derangement of epistemes : radical reflexivity and the science wars -- Conclusion : the hyperbolic derangement of epistemes.

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