Abstract
This lucidly written book examines the social and political significance of the natural sciences through a detailed and original account of science as an interpretive social practice.
Keywords
Analytic philosophyPoliticsContemporary philosophyPower (physics)EpistemologyGeneral interestPolitical philosophyPhilosophyPolitical scienceSociologySocial scienceLawQuantum mechanicsPhysics
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- Year
- 1990
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 474-474
- Citations
- 550
- Access
- Closed
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Robert Ackermann,
Joseph Rouse
(1990).
Knowledge and Power: Toward a Political Philosophy of Science..
The Philosophical Review
, 99
(3)
, 474-474.
https://doi.org/10.2307/2185364
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- DOI
- 10.2307/2185364