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Scientific perspectivism

Ronald N. Giere

2006160 pagesabout 2–4 hours
2006
first published
  • 2009University of Chicago Press · ENGISBN 9780226292144
  • 2013University of Chicago Press · ENGISBN 9781282426481
  • 2006University Of Chicago Press · 160 pages · ENGISBN 9780226292120

Many people assume that the claims of scientists are objective truths. But historians, sociologists, and philosophers of science have long argued that scientific claims reflect the particular historical, cultural, and social context in which those claims were made. Ronald Giere investigates this field.

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