The the Fate of Knowledge

by Helen E. Longino

Book Overview

Helen Longino seeks to break the current deadlock in the ongoing wars between philosophers of science and sociologists of science--academic battles founded on disagreement about the role of social forces in constructing scientific knowledge. While many philosophers of science downplay social forces, claiming that scientific knowledge is best considered as a product of cognitive processes, sociologists tend to argue that numerous noncognitive factors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691088764
• ISBN13: 9780691088761
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"