Weak Knowledge : Forms, Functions, and Dynamics

Moritz Epple

ISBN 10: 3593509776 / ISBN 13: 9783593509778

Editore: Campus Verlag Dez 2019, 2019

Neuware - Im Gegensatz zu landläufigen Vorstellungen sind wissenschaftliche Wissensbestände häufig prekäre Ressourcen. Sie können in bestimmten Situationen aus epistemischen Gründen schwach sein, weil Begründungen oder empirische Evidenz problematisch sind. In anderen Situationen fehlt die kulturelle und soziale Anerkennung oder das fragliche Wissen bleibt schwach, weil es nicht gelingt, es praktisch nutzbar zu machen. Der Band versammelt Beiträge aus allen historischen Epochen und aus einem breiten Spektrum von Wissensgebieten - von der Medizin bis zur Klimatologie. Codice articolo 9783593509778

Riassunto:

Many of us view the world of science as a firm bastion of knowledge, with each new discovery and further illumination adding to an unshakable foundation of natural truths. Weak Knowledge aims to rattle our faith, not in core certainties of scientific findings but in their strength as accessible resources. The authors show how, throughout history, many bodies of research have become precarious due to a host of factors. These factors have included cultural or social disinterest, feeble empirical evidence or theoretical justifications, and a lack of practical applications in a given field’s findings. This book brings together cases from a range of historical periods and disciplines, ranging from personal medicine to climatology, to illuminate the specific forms, functions, and dynamics of so-called “weak” bodies of knowledge.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Moritz Epple is professor of the history of science at Goethe University, Frankfurt. Annette Imhausen is professor of the history of science at Goethe University, Frankfurt. Falk Müller is professor at Goethe University, Frankfurt.

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Titolo: Weak Knowledge : Forms, Functions, and ...
Casa editrice: Campus Verlag Dez 2019
Data di pubblicazione: 2019
Legatura: Buch
Condizione: Neu