Narratives and Comparisons
Adversaries or Allies in Understanding Science?
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Contributor(s)
Carrier, Martin (editor)
Mertens, Rebecca (editor)
Reinhardt, Carsten (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
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.
Keywords
Comparison; Narrative; Explanation; History of Science; History of Art; Science; Philosophy of Science; Sociology of Science; Literary Studies; Bielefeld University PressISBN
9783839454152, 9783837654158Publication date and place
2021Classification
History of science
Philosophy of science
Impact of science and technology on society