Knowledge and the World: Challenges Beyond the Science Wars

by Gunter Kuppers, Johannes Roggenhofer, Philippe Blanchard, et al.

Book Overview

The fundamental question whether, or in which sense, science informs us about the real world has pervaded the history of thought since antiquity. Is what science tells us about the world determined unambiguously by facts or does the content of any scientific theory in some way depend on the human condition? "Sokal s hoax" added a new dimension to this controversial debate, which very quickly came to been known as "Science Wars". "Knowledge and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540210091
• ISBN13: 9783540210092
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"