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Weak knowledge : forms, functions, and dynamics

Title
Weak knowledge : forms, functions, and dynamics / Moritz Epple, Annette Imhausen, Falk Müller (eds.).
Publication
Frankfurt : Campus Verlag, [2020]

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Additional Authors
  • Epple, Moritz
  • Imhausen, Annette
  • Müller, Falk
Description
502 pages : some illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
Many of us view the world of science as a firm bastion of knowledge, with each new discovery and further illumination adding to an unshakable foundation of natural truths. Weak Knowledge aims to rattle our faith, not in core certainties of scientific findings but in their strength as accessible resources. The authors show how, throughout history, many bodies of research have become precarious due to a host of factors. These factors have included cultural or social disinterest, feeble empirical evidence or theoretical justifications, and a lack of practical applications in a given field's findings. This book brings together cases from a range of historical periods and disciplines, ranging from personal medicine to climatology, to illuminate the specific forms, functions, and dynamics of so-called "weak" bodies of knowledge.
Series Statement
Schwächediskurse und Ressourcenregime ; volume 4
Uniform Title
Schwächediskurse und Ressourcenregime ; Bd. 4.
Subject
  • Knowledge, Theory of > Case studies > Congresses
  • Knowledge, Sociology of > Case studies > Congresses
  • Knowledge, Sociology of
  • Knowledge, Theory of
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 20-6215
ISBN
  • 9783593509778
  • 3593509776
LCCN
9783593509778
OCLC
1132882360
Title
Weak knowledge : forms, functions, and dynamics / Moritz Epple, Annette Imhausen, Falk Müller (eds.).
Publisher
Frankfurt : Campus Verlag, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Schwächediskurse und Ressourcenregime ; volume 4
Schwächediskurse und Ressourcenregime ; Bd. 4.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Epple, Moritz, editor.
Imhausen, Annette, editor.
Müller, Falk, editor.
Other Form:
9783593440293 PDF version
Other Standard Identifier
9783593509778
Research Call Number
JFE 20-6215
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