{"product_id":"science-as-it-could-have-been-discussing-the-contingency-inevitability-problem-hardcover","title":"Science as It Could Have Been: Discussing the Contingency\/Inevitability Problem - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLena Soler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEmiliano Trizio\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Pickering\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 10.24 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47667330777309,"sku":"9780822944454","price":126.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/o5NzKylneF9780822944454.webp?v=1773921173","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/science-as-it-could-have-been-discussing-the-contingency-inevitability-problem-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}