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oapen-20.500.12657-473772021-08-20T15:08:45Z Narratives and Comparisons Carrier, Martin Mertens, Rebecca Reinhardt, Carsten Comparison Narrative Explanation History of Science History of Art Science Philosophy of Science Sociology of Science Literary Studies Bielefeld University Press bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science & technology on society As a powerful tool in the production of knowledge, comparing plays a crucial part in the sciences and the humanities. This volume explores the relationship between comparing and narrating in epistemic practices and clarifies the ways in which narratives enable or impede practices of comparing. It takes into account related activities, such as measuring and classifying, modeling, establishing norms and categories, as well as organizing and popularizing knowledge, to analyze the ambivalent relationship between narratives, scientific explanation, and understanding. The contributions bring out the epistemic role of narratives, and elucidate how narratives are connected to comparisons and scientific explanations. 2021-03-18T13:03:58Z 2021-03-18T13:03:58Z 2021 book ONIX_20210318_9783839454152_10 9783839454152 9783837654158 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47377 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9783839454152.pdf Bielefeld University Press 10.14361/9783839454152 10.14361/9783839454152 c03bf030-a9f4-472d-8c22-f28a8788e05e 9783839454152 9783837654158 206 open access
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As a powerful tool in the production of knowledge, comparing plays a crucial part in the sciences and the humanities. This volume explores the relationship between comparing and narrating in epistemic practices and clarifies the ways in which narratives enable or impede practices of comparing. It takes into account related activities, such as measuring and classifying, modeling, establishing norms and categories, as well as organizing and popularizing knowledge, to analyze the ambivalent relationship between narratives, scientific explanation, and understanding. The contributions bring out the epistemic role of narratives, and elucidate how narratives are connected to comparisons and scientific explanations.
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