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Science, Democracy and Relativism : The Production and Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge from the Viewpoint of Communitarian Epistemology.

Shekeris, Haris.

Science, Democracy and Relativism : The Production and Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge from the Viewpoint of Communitarian Epistemology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (243 pages)

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE READER -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- REFERENCES.

Science, Democracy and Relativism proposes and defends the thesis that scientific knowledge is produced through a process of argumentation and consensus among relevant communities of scientists, and that it is disseminated to other epistemic communities according to communitarian epistemology. Such a thesis considers scientific knowledge as unashamedly relative; however, this is regarded as a good thing for democracy, as it views knowledge as a matter of deliberation rather than something to.

9781443862868


Knowledge, Sociology of.
Science.
Philosophy.


Electronic books.

BD175 -- .S545 2014eb

306.42

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