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x, 330 pages ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Metaphor, concept and theory change: deconstruction as critical ontology -- Deconstruction and epistemology: Bachelard, Derrida, de Man -- Ontological relativity and meaning variance: a critical-constructive review -- Quantum mechanics: a case for deconstruction? -- Hermeneutics, anti-realism and philosophy of science -- Anti-realism and constructive empiricism: is there a (real) difference? -- Ontology according to Van Fraasen: some problems with constructive empiricism -- Stuck in the mangle: sociology of science and its discontents -- But will it fly? Aerodynamics as a test case for anti-realism -- Why strong sociologists abhor a vacuum: Shapin and Schaffer on the Boyle-Hobbes controversy -- Leviathan and the turbojet: a critique of sociological unreason. |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Deconstruction.
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Realism.
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Deconstruction. (OCoLC)fst00889137
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Realism. (OCoLC)fst01091228
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Science -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01108336
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| ISBN |
0631198644 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780631198642 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0631198652 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780631198659 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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