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Overview
Why have many members of the intellectual community embraced a radical relativism where knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in particular are concerned? Have Kuhn, Quine, and Feyerabend 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 Science and Relativism, Larry offers a trenchant, wide-ranging critique of cognitive relativism and a thorough introduction to majorissues in the philosophy of knowledge.
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- ISBN-13: 9780226469492
- ISBN-10: 0226469492
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: August 1990
- Dimensions: 8.69 x 4.61 x 0.54 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.49 pounds
- Page Count: 194
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