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" Relativism and Realism in Science "
edited by Robert Nola.
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BL
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731320
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b551106
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edited by Robert Nola.
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Relativism and Realism in Science\ edited by Robert Nola.
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| Publication Statement
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1988
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Australasian studies in history and philosophy of science, 6.
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(312 pages)
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9400928777
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: 9789400928770
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| Contents
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Introduction: Some Issues Concerning Relativism and Realism in Science --;Does the Sociology of Science Discredit Science? --;It's All in the Day's Work: A Study of the Ethnomethodology of Science --;The Strong Sociology of Knowledge Without Relativism --;Evolutionary Epistemology and Relativism --;Are All Theories Equally Good? A Dialogue --;Realism and Descriptivism --;On a Dogma Concerning Realism and Incommensurability --;Realism in the Social Sciences: Social Kinds and Social Laws --;The Ultimate Argument for Scientific Realism --;Radical Pluralism --;An Alternative to Realism, Anti-Realism and Relativism --;Notes on Contributors --;Index of Names.
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Today there are major Departments at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong, and smaller groups active in many other parts of Australia and in New Zealand.
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Philosophy (General)
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Q175.E358 1988
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Robert Nola
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