{"product_id":"science-as-it-could-have-been-discussing-the-contingencyinevitability-problem-9780822944454","title":"Science as It Could Have Been: Discussing the Contingency\/Inevitability Problem","description":"Could all or part of our taken-as-established scientific conclusions, theories, experimental data, ontological commitments, and so forth have been significantly different? Science as It Could Have Been focuses on a crucial issue that contemporary science studies have often neglected: the issue of contingency within science. It considers a number of case studies, past and present, from a wide range of scientific disciplines--physics, biology, geology, mathematics, and psychology--to explore whether components of human science are inevitable, or if we could have developed an alternative successful science based on essentially different notions, conceptions, and results. Bringing together a group of distinguished contributors in philosophy, sociology, and history of science, this edited volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the contingency\/inevitability problem and a lively and up-to-date portrait of current debates in science studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lena Soler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.24h x 5.34w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822944454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLena Soler (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLéna Soler\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of philosophy of science at the University of Lorraine. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eIntroduction à l'épistémologie\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eScience after the Practice Turn in the Philosophy, History, and Social Studies of Science\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmiliano Trizio (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEmiliano Trizio\u003c\/b\u003e is an instructor of philosophy of science at Seattle University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Pickering (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrew Pickering\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology and philosophy at the University of Exeter. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eConstructing Quarks, The Mangle of Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44456489582707,"sku":"9780822944454","price":97.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6848ac54-84f7-462e-bced-dcb66d2538cd.jpg?v=1773751720","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/science-as-it-could-have-been-discussing-the-contingencyinevitability-problem-9780822944454","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}