The Death of Science:The history of philosophy of science in the 20th century

by Jianbo Ma

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In epistemology, I believe there is actually tiny difference between regarding scientific knowledge as an objective correspondence between theory and reality and seeing it as a man-made myth of nature. This book helps to explain how this seemingly absurd—but logical as I shall argue—interpretation makes sense in the 20th century Western philosophy of science. The western philosophy of science in the 20th century, from the early logical empiricism to the historicalism represented by Kuhn, to the late theory of scientific knowledge sociology, is arguably a logical progressing of modern epistemology. This book reveals the very epistemological dilemma facing Western though, that is absolute rationalism inevitably leads to absolute relativism.

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Author Biography

Jianbo Ma, Ph. D , assistant professor, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, The main areas of interest are the history of science & philosophy of science.

Shanghai Century Publishing Group

Shanghai Scientific & Technological Education Publishing House

Shanghai Scientific & Technological Education Publishing House

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Shanghai Scientific & Technological Education Publishing House
  • Publication Date June 2018
  • ISBN/Identifier 9787542867544
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 45
  • Pages270
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language Title《科学之死:20世纪科学哲学思想史》
  • Original Language Authors马建波
  • Edition1st
  • Copyright Year2018
  • Dimensions195×271

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