Narratives and Comparisons
Adversaries or Allies in Understanding Science?
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Beschreibung
This volume explores the role of narratives and comparisons in the production of knowledge.
As a powerful tool in the production of knowledge, comparing plays a crucial part in the sciences and the humanities. This volume explores the relationship between comparing and narrating in epistemic practices and clarifies the ways in which narratives enable or impede practices of comparing. It takes into account related activities, such as measuring and classifying, modeling, establishing norms and categories, as well as organizing and popularizing knowledge, to analyze the ambivalent relationship between narratives, scientific explanation, and understanding. The contributions bring out the epistemic role of narratives, and elucidate how narratives are connected to comparisons and scientific explanations.
Autor*in
Martin Carrier
Martin Carrier (Prof. Dr. phil.) lehrt Wissenschaftsphilosophie an der Universität Bielefeld. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Theorienwandel und Methodenlehre der Naturwissenschaften, insbesondere Methodologie der angewandten Forschung.
Themen in »Narratives and Comparisons«
Comparison Comparison Narrative Narrative Explanation Explanation History of Science History of Science History of Art History of Art Science Science Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Science Sociology of Science