Science Studies as Naturalized Philosophy

• Main Author: Collin, Finn (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 348
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Social sciences.; Philosophy of Science.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

This book approaches its subject matter in a way that combines a strong analytical and critical perspective with a historical and sociological framework for the understanding of the emergence of Science Studies. This is a novelty, since extant literature on this topic tends either to narrate the his...