The Social Construction of What

Informationen zum Autor Ian Hacking was University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He held the Chair of Philosophy and History of Concepts at the Collège de France. Klappentext Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social construction, Ian Hacking reminds us. His book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality. Zusammenfassung Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Ian Hacking’s book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality—especially regarding the status of the natural sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface

Info autore

Ian Hacking was University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He held the Chair of Philosophy and History of Concepts at the Collège de France.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ian Hacking, Hacking Ian
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2000
• EAN: 9780674004122
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00412-2
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 230 mm x 17 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary theory, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge