The Problem of Relativism in the Sociology of (Scientific) Knowledge / 
ed. by Richard Schantz, Markus Seidel. 
 - Berlin ;  Boston :   De Gruyter,   [2013]  ©2011 
 - 1 online resource (235 p.) 
 - Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis ,  43  2198-2066 ; .
<br/><br/> Frontmatter --   Contents --   Notes on Contributers --   Introduction --   Relativism as a Completion of the Scientific Project --   Relativism, Incoherence, and the Strong Programme --   Realism and Relativism --   Theory-Ladenness and Relativism --   Constructed Worlds, Contested Truths --   Relativism, Meaning and the New Sociology of Knowledge --   Methodological Relationism --   Karl Mannheim, Relativism and Knowledge in the Natural Sciences - A Deviant Interpretation --   Knowledge, Practice, and the Problem of Relativism - Reconsidering Michael Polanyi's 'Personal Knowledge' 
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<br/><br/> This volume comprises original articles by leading authors - from philosophy as well as sociology - in the debate around relativism in the sociology of (scientific) knowledge. Its aim has been to bring together several threads from the relevant disciplines and to cover the discussion from historical and systematic points of view. Among the contributors are Maria Baghramian, Barry Barnes, Martin Endreß, Hubert Knoblauch, Richard Schantz and Harvey Siegel. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><br/>This eBook is made available Open Access. Unless otherwise specified individually in the content, the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license:  
<br/><br/><br/>In English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783110325904 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020394774 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Relativity.<br/>Science--Philosophy.<br/>Philosophie.<br/>Soziologie der Wissenschaft.<br/>Wissenssoziologie.<br/>PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BD222