C. Wright Mills' classic The Sociological Imagination has inspired generations of students to study Sociology. However, the book is nearly half a century old. What would a book address, aiming to attract and inform students in the 21st century? This is the task that Steve Fuller sets himself in this major new invitation to study Sociology.
The book:
"critically examines the history of the social sciences to discover what the key contributions of Sociology have been and how relevant they remain
"demonstrates how...
C. Wright Mills' classic The Sociological Imagination has inspired generations of students to study Sociology. However, the book is nearly half...
If nothing else, the twelve papers assembled in this volume should lay to rest the idea that the interesting debates about the nature of science are still being conducted by "internalists" vs. "externalists,"" rationalists" vs. "arationalists, n or even "normative epistemologists" vs. "empirical sociologists of knowledge. " Although these distinctions continue to haunt much of the theoretical discussion in philosophy and sociology of science, our authors have managed to elude their strictures by finally getting beyond the post-positivist preoccupation of defending a certain division of labor...
If nothing else, the twelve papers assembled in this volume should lay to rest the idea that the interesting debates about the nature of science are s...
In this second edition of Steve Fuller's original work Philosophy, Rhetoric and the End of Knowledge, James Collier joins Fuller in developing an updated and accessible version of the classic volume. This edition shifts focus slightly to balance the discussions of theory and practice, and the writing style is oriented to advanced students. Discussion questions are included to support classroom use. science studies, philosophy and communication, and should be of interest in English, sociology and knowledge managament areas as well.
In this second edition of Steve Fuller's original work Philosophy, Rhetoric and the End of Knowledge, James Collier joins Fuller in developing an upda...
A surprising examination of our understanding of science. Science is a swashbuckling book. Fuller's formidable scholarship takes no prisoners. Nature What qualifies such seemingly disparate disciplines as paleontology, high-energy physics, industrial chemistry, and genetic engineering as sciences, and hence worthy of sustained public interest and support? In this innovative and controversial introduction to the social character of scientific knowledge, Steve Fuller argues that if these disciplines share anything at all, it is more likely the way they strategically misinterpret their own...
A surprising examination of our understanding of science. Science is a swashbuckling book. Fuller's formidable scholarship takes no prisoners. Nature ...
