Format:
1 online resource (206 p.)
ISBN:
9783839454152
Content:
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783837654158
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783837654158
Language:
English
Keywords:
Wissenschaft
;
Wissensproduktion
;
Vergleich
;
Erzählen
Author information:
Reinhardt, Carsten 1966-
Author information:
Carrier, Martin 1955-
Author information:
Mertens, Rebecca 1984-
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