Cogent science in context : the science wars, argumentation theory, and Habermas / William Rehg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rehg, William.

Series:

Studies in contemporary German social thought.

Studies in contemporary German social thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Debates and debating.

Persuasion (Rhetoric).

Habermas, Jürgen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is a proposal for an interdisciplinary context-sensitive framework for assessing the strength of scientific arguments that melds Jürgen Habermas's discourse theory and sociological contextualism.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

I The Argumentative Turn in Science Studies

1 Science as Argumentative Practice

2 Kuhn's Gap

3 Closing the Gap

Postscript I: The Return of the Logical

II Integrating Perspectives

4 Habermas's Critical Theory and Science

5 Habermas's Theory of Argumentation as an Integrated Model of Cogency

6 Argumentation at Fermilab

Postscript II: Who's Afraid of SSK?

III Toward a Critical Contextualist Framework for Interdisciplinary Assessment

7 Adjusting the Pragmatic Turn

8 Three Dimensions of Argument Cogency

9 Critical Science Studies and the Good Society

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-335) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-24040-4

9786612240409

0-262-25531-6

OCLC:

310963541

Publisher Number:

9786612240409