Science, Space, Society: An Overview of the Social Production of Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9783658391393 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 252 str.

Olaf Kuhne;Karsten Berr

Opis

This volume provides a basic introduction to the philosophy of science and its central concepts, theories, and philosophical, scientific, and spatial positions and approaches.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Logical propaedeutics.- Philosophy of science - philosophical foundations and positions.- The contextualization of science I: time.- The contextualization of science II: social bonds.- Understanding of space and theories of space.- Lines of development and breaks in geography - Sketch of a disciplinary history.- Conclusion.

O autorze

Prof. Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Working Group Urban and Regional Development.

Dr. Karsten Berr, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Working Group Urban and Regional Development.

Blurb

This volume provides a basic introduction to the philosophy of science and its central concepts, theories, and philosophical, scientific, and spatial positions and approaches.

 

The content

• Introduction - Logical propaedeutics - Philosophy of science - Philosophical foundations and Positions
• The Contextualization of Science I: time
• The Contextualization of science II: social bonds
• Understandings of space and theories of space 
• Lines and breaks of development in geography
• Sketch of a disciplinary history
• Conclusion

 

The authors

Prof. Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Working Group Urban and Regional Development.

Dr. Karsten Berr, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Working Group Urban and Regional Development.