André Kukla

Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Social constructionists maintain that we invent the properties of the world rather than discover them. Is reality constructed by our own activity? Do we collectively invent the world rather than discover it? Andre Kukla presents a comprehensive discussion of the philosophical issues that arise out of this debate, analysing the various strengths and weaknesses of a range of constructivist arguments and arguing that current philosophical objections to constructivism are inconclusive. However, Kukla offers and develops new objections to constructivism, distinguishing between the social causes of scientific beliefs and the view that all ascertainable facts are constructed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780415234184
• ISBN-10: 0415234182
• Artikelnr.: 21505561

Autorenporträt

André Kukla is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Studies in Scientific Realism.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Defining constructivism
Chapter 2 Constructivism and the sociology of scientific knowledge
Chapter 3 The varieties of dependence
Chapter 4 The varieties of constitutive constructivisms
Chapter 5 The empirical case for constructivism
Chapter 6 The a priori case for constructivism
Chapter 7 Three brief and inadequate objections to constructivism
Chapter 8 The problem of misrepresentation
Chapter 9 Constructive empiricism and social constructivism
Chapter 10 The infinite regress of constructions
Chapter 11 The Duhemian asymmetry
Chapter 12 The problem of the two societies
Chapter 13 Constructivism and time
Chapter 14 Constructivism and logic
Chapter 15 Relativism
Chapter 16 Semantic constructivism
Chapter 17 Irrationalism
Chapter 18 Conclusions
References
Index