In recent years, many members of the intellectual community have embraced a radical relativism regarding knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in partic
The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively earl- though not always under that
This volume comprises original articles by leading authors – from philosophy as well as sociology – in the debate around relativism in the sociology of (sci
Considers human diversity and change and rejects the usual solutions to problems of relativism. Presents a new mode of inquiry in its stead a mixture of philoso