PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ITS DISCONTENTS
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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND ITS DISCONTENTS (ebook)

STEVE FULLER

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ROUTLEDGE
ISBN:
9781000303148
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Epublication content package
Idioma:
Inglés
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Si

The most important and exciting recent development in the philosophy of science is its merging with the sociology of scientific knowledge. Here is the first text book to make this development available.

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