The Problem of Relativism in the Sociology of (Scientific) Knowledge

✍ Scribed by Richard Schantz (editor); Markus Seidel (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 236
• Series: Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis; 43
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

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’