Engaging Science : How to Understand Its Practices Philosophically

Cornell University Press

Engaging Science How to Understand Its Practices Philosophically\nby Joseph Rouse\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Joseph Rouse\nTitle: Engaging Science How to Understand Its Practices Philosophically\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Philosophy of science\nPublisher: MB - Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 1996\nISBN-13: 9780801482892\nISBN-10: 0801482895\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nSummarizing this century's major debates over realism and the rationality of scientific knowledge, Joseph Rouse believes that these disputes oversimplify the political and cultural significance of the sciences. He provides an alternative understanding of science that focuses on practices rather than knowledge.Rouse first out.