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Early Continental Philosophy Of Science, Babette Babich
Early Continental Philosophy Of Science, Babette Babich
Babette Babich
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Early Continental Philosophy Of Science, Babette Babich
Early Continental Philosophy Of Science, Babette Babich
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Hermeneutical Phenomenology And The Philosophy Of Science, Patrick A. Heelan
Hermeneutical Phenomenology And The Philosophy Of Science, Patrick A. Heelan
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Continental philosophy from the start sees science as an institution in a cultural, historical, and hermeneutical setting. The domain of its discourse is values, subjectivity, Life Worlds, history, and society, as these affect the constitution of scientific knowledge. Its notion of truth is that which pertains to history, political power, and culture. Its concern with science is to interpret its historical conditions within human society -- usually in Western culture. Science, from this perspective, is a human, social -- and fallible -- enterprise. A concern of continental philosophy of science will include social failure as a possible indictment of scientific …