Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I RETHINKING THE TRADITIONS: POSITIVISM, SCIENTIFIC REALISM, HISTORICAL RATIONALISM, AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM
6. 1. Philosophy of Science and the Persistent Narratives of Modernity 43
7. 2. The Politics of Postmodern Philosophy of Science 68
8. 3. Arguing for the Natural Ontological Attitude 90
9. 4. Should Philosophy of Science Be Postpositivist 101
10. Part II RECONSTRUCTING PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: PRACTICES AND THE DYNAMICS OF KNOWING
11. 5. The Significance of Scientific Practices 125
12. 6. Narrative Reconstruction, Epistemic Significance, and the Temporality of Scientific Practices 158
13. 7. The Dynamics of Scientific Knowing: Understanding Science without Reifying Knowledge 179
14. 8. Against Representation: Davidsonian Semantics and Cultural Studies of Science 205
15. 9. What Are Cultural Studies of Science? 237
16. References 261
17. Index 273