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Philosophy of science and its discontents

Fuller, S

Philosophy of science and its discontents - 2nd - London : Guilford Press, 1993 - Conduct of science series .

My map of the field ; Mythical naturalism and anemic normativism : a look at the status quo ; Reposing the naturalistic question : what is knowledge? ; Reposing the normative question : what ought knowledge be? ; Epistemic autonomy as institutionalized self-deception ; Big questions and little answers : a response to critics ; Bibliography ; Index

Draws on recent developments in the social sciences to inform a normative approach to the philosphy of science. The author argues that philosophers of science need to take more seriously the psychological and sociological constraints on human rationality that make the production of knowledge an unavoidably imperfect enterprise.

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