The Disunity of science : boundaries, contexts, and power / edited by Peter Galison and David J. Stump.

Other author Galison, Peter, 1955-
Other author Stump, David J.
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1996.
Descriptionxiv, 567 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesWriting science
Writing science. ^A350611
Contents Introduction : the context of disunity / Peter Galison -- The disunities of the sciences / Ian Hacking -- Styles of reasoning, conceptual history, and the emergence of psychiatry / Arnold I. Davidson -- Metaphysical disorder and scientific disunity / John Dupré -- Computer simulations and the trading zone / Peter Galison -- The unity of science : Carnap, Neurath, and beyond / Richard Creath -- Talking metaphysical turkey about epistemological chicken, and the poop on pidgins / Steve Fuller -- From relativism to contingentism / Mario Biagioli -- Contextualizing the canon / Simon Schaffer -- Science made up : constructivist sociology of scientific knowledge / Arthur Fine -- From epistemology and metaphysics to concrete connections / David J. Stump -- The care of the self and blind variation : the disunity of two leading sciences / Karin Knorr Cetina -- The constitution of archaeological evidence : gender politics and science / Alison Wylie -- Otto Neurath : politics and the unity of science / Jordi Cat, Nancy Cartwright, and Hasok Chang -- The naturalized history museum / Timothy Lenoir and Cheryl Lynn Ross -- Beyond epistemic sovereignty / Joseph Rouse -- The dilemma of scientific subjectivity in postvital culture / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Modest witness : feminist diffractions in science studies / Donna J. Haraway -- Afterword : new directions in the philosophy of science studies / David J. Stump.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [527]-536) and index.
LCCN 95009064
ISBN0804724369 (acid-free, recycled paper)
ISBN0804725624 (pbk. : acid-free, recycled paper)

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Joyner General Stacks Q175 .D6636 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold