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Narratives and Comparisons: Adversaries or Allies in Understanding Science?
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Abstract 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 ta... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
knowledge production; comparison; narrative; explanation; history of science; art history; philosophy of science; sociology of science; literature (discipline)
Classification
Philosophy of Science, Theory of Science, Methodology, Ethics of the Social Sciences
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
Bielefeld University Press
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
203 p.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839454152
ISBN
978-3-8394-5415-2
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0