Working Knowledge
Making the Human Sciences from Parsons to Kuhn
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History, Modern, 20th Century, Americas, United States
| Author: | Joel Isaac | ISBN: | 9780674070042 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 11, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joel Isaac |
| ISBN: | 9780674070042 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 11, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
