Making natural knowledge : constructivism and the history of science / Jan Golinski.
Making natural knowledge : constructivism and the history of science / Jan Golinski.
Making natural knowledge : constructivism and the history of science / Jan Golinski.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge Unviersity Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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T0391642
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English
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xiv, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Challenges to the Classical View of Science -- 1. An Outline of Constructivism. From Kuhn to the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge. What's Social about Constructivism? -- 2. Identity and Discipline. The Making of a Social Identity. The Disciplinary Mold -- 3. The Place of Production. T...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge Unviersity Press, 1998.
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England
Date Published
1998.
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In Making Natural Knowledge: Constructivism and the History of Science, Jan Golinski reviews recent writing on the history of science and shows how it has been dramatically reshaped by a new understanding of science itself. In the last few years, scientific knowledge has come to be seen as a product of human culture, an approach that has challenged...
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Making natural knowledge : constructivism and the history of science / Jan Golinski.
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Cambridge history of science.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-227) and index.
Transferred from N507.22/2.
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T0391642
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0521449138 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780521444712 (alk. paper)
0521444713 (alk. paper)
9780521449137 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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507.22
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991011747769702626
