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Author
Series
RGS-IBG book volume 56
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Learning the City critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning, and urbanism. It argues both for the centrality of learning for political strategies and for a resurgence of learning that represents a critical opportunity to develop a progressive international urbanism. The author combines the result of his fieldwork conducted in Mumbai and other regions with a synthesis of the most current theoretical research on knowledge, space,...
17) Social epistemology and technology: toward public self-awareness regarding technological mediation
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) has been enduringly influential in philosophy of science, challenging many common presuppositions about the nature of science and the growth of scientific knowledge. However, philosophers have misunderstood Kuhn's view, treating him as a relativist or social constructionist. In this book, Brad Wray argues that Kuhn provides a useful framework for developing an epistemology of science that takes account...