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9780415234184

Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Science

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415234184

  • ISBN10:

    0415234182

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-08-11
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Social constructivists maintain that we invent the properties of the world rather than discover them. Is reality constructed by our own activity? Or, more provocatively, are scientific facts--iseverything--constructed?Social Constructivism and the Philosophy ofScienceis a clear assessment of this critical and increasingly important debate. Andre Kukla presents a comprehensive discussion of the philosophical issues involved and analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of a range of constructivist arguments, illustrating the divide between the sociology and the philosophy of science through examples as varied as laboratory science, time, and criminality. He argues that current philosophical objections to constructivism are drastically inconclusive, while offering and developing new objections. Throughout, Kukla distinguishes between the social causes of scientific beliefs and the view that all ascertainable facts are constructed.

Author Biography

Andre Kukla is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Toronto

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Defining constructivism
1(6)
Constructivism and the sociology of scientific knowledge
7(12)
The varieties of dependence
19(5)
The varieties of constitutive constructivisms
24(8)
The empirical case for constructivism
32(12)
The a priori case for constructivism
44(2)
Three brief and inadequate objections to constructivism
46(5)
The problem of misrepresentation
51(8)
Constructive empiricism and social constructivism
59(9)
The infinite regress of constructions
68(12)
The Duhemian asymmetry
80(11)
The problem of the two societies
91(14)
Constructivism and time
105(14)
Constructivism and logic
119(6)
Relativism
125(11)
Semantic constructivism
136(13)
Irrationalism
149(11)
Conclusions
160(4)
References 164(4)
Index 168

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