A Social History of Truth
Steven Shapin
The University of Chicago Press, 1995
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This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge.
- ISBN-13
- 9780226750194
- ISBN-10
- 0226750191
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 1995
- Publication date
- 1995-11-15
- Pages
- 512
- Dimensions
- 230x153x27
- Weight
- 724