Brown Richard C.:
Are Mathematics And Science Socially Constructed?
A Mathematician Encounters Postmodern Interpretations Of Science
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Singapore), 2009
Hardback, 280 pages
Size: 229x155 mm
ISBN: 9789812835246
ISBN-10: 9812835245
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Are Mathematics And Science Socially Constructed?
This book analysis 'postmodern interpretations of science' (PIS) and the closely related 'sociology of scientific knowledge' (SSK). It examines the thoughts of Karl Popper, Karl Mannheim, Ludwik Fleck, Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend, David Bloor, Steve Shapin, Bruno Latour, and PIS-like doctrines in mathematics.

