Rescuing Reason: A Critique of Anti-Rationalist Views of Science and Knowledge

by Robert Nola

Book Overview

Do knowledge and science arise from the application of canons of rationality and scientific method? Or is all our scientific knowledge caused by socio-political factors, or by our interests in the socio-political - the view of sociologists of "knowledge"? Or does it result from interplay of relations of power - the view of Michel Foucault? Or does our knowledge arise from "the will to power" - the view of Nietzsche? This volume sets out to critically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402010435
• ISBN13: 9781402010439
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 559 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"