Working Knowledge: Making the Human Sciences from Parsons to Kuhn
- ISBN-10
- 0674065220
- ISBN-13
- 9780674065222
- Series
- Working Knowledge
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-06-11
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Joel Isaac
Description
Isaac explores how influential thinkers in the mid-twentieth century understood the relations among science, knowledge, and the empirical study of human affairs. He places special emphasis on the practical, local manifestations of their complex theoretical ideas, particularly the institutional milieu of Harvard University.
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- 2012-10-13
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