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Science, Democracy and Relativism : The Production and Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge from the Viewpoint of Communitarian Epistemology.
Title:
Science, Democracy and Relativism : The Production and Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge from the Viewpoint of Communitarian Epistemology.
Author:
Shekeris, Haris.
ISBN:
9781443862868
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (243 pages)
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE READER -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- REFERENCES.
Abstract:
Science, Democracy and Relativism proposes and defends the thesis that scientific knowledge is produced through a process of argumentation and consensus among relevant communities of scientists, and that it is disseminated to other epistemic communities according to communitarian epistemology. Such a thesis considers scientific knowledge as unashamedly relative; however, this is regarded as a good thing for democracy, as it views knowledge as a matter of deliberation rather than something to ...
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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