Epistemic Relativism: A Constructive Critique - Hardcover

Seidel, Markus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137377887 ISBN 13: 9781137377883

Verlag: AIAA, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

A detailed critique of relativism in the sociology of scientific knowledge and beyond.

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Críticas:

"The relationship between the Strong Program and epistemic relativism is an important topic, and deserves the careful and informed discussion Seidel provides. Anyone interested in Strong Program relativism should come here and have a look."

-John K. Davies Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"Seidel has left no stone unturned in his attempt to get to the bottom of the epistemic relativism of the strong programme. [The book] is a sound contribution to the contemporary discussion of epistemic relativism which will have a lasting impact."

-Howard Sankey Metascience

Reseña del editor:

Are our beliefs justified only relatively to a specific culture or society? Is it possible to give reasons for the superiority of our scientific, epistemic methods? Markus Seidel sets out to answer these questions in his critique of epistemic relativism. Focusing on the work of the most prominent, explicitly relativist position in the sociology of scientific knowledge - so-called 'Edinburgh relativism' or the 'Strong Programme' -, he scrutinizes the key arguments for epistemic relativism from a philosophical perspective: underdetermination and norm-circularity. His main negative result is that these arguments fall short of establishing epistemic relativism.

Despite arguing for epistemic absolutism, Seidel aims to provide an account of non-relative justification that nevertheless integrates the basic, correct intuition of the epistemic relativist. His main positive result is that the epistemic absolutist can very well accept the idea that people using different standards of justification can be equally justified in holding their beliefs: Rational disagreement, he maintains, is perfectly possible.

The book provides a detailed critique of relativism in the sociology of scientific knowledge and beyond. With its constructive part it aims at making conciliatory steps in a highly embittered discussion between sociology and philosophy of science.

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• Verlag: AIAA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1137377887
• ISBN 13: 9781137377883
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296