Rescuing reason : a critique of anti-rationalist views of science and knowledge
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"?
x, 559 p. ; 25 cm.
9781402010422, 1402010427
868301763
I: Knowledge, Science And The Epistemological Enterprise: Synopsis Of Part I.- 1: The Critical Tradition And Some Of Its Discontents.- 2: The Problem Of Knowledge.- 3: Naturalism And Norms Of Reason And Method.- II: THE POVERTY OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE: SYNOPSIS OF PART II.- 4: Some German Connections: Marx And Mannheim.- 5: The Edinburgh Connection I: The Strong Programme And The Social Causes Of Scientific Belief.- 6: The Edinburgh Connection Ii: Strong And Wrong.- 7: The Wittgenstein Connection: The Social And The Rational.- III: The French Connection: Foucault: Synopsis Of Part Iii.- 8: An Archaeological Dig Through Foucault’S Texts.- 9: Genealogy, Power And Knowledge.- IV: The German Connection: Nietzsche: Synopsis Of Part IV.- 10: Nietzsche’S Genealogy of Belief And Morality.- 11: Epilogue.- References.- Name Index.