Jane (Hrsg.) Wills

The power of pragmatism

Knowledge production and social inquiry

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This book makes the case for a pragmatist approach to the practice of social inquiry and knowledge production. Through diverse examples from multiple disciplines, contributors explore the power of pragmatism to inform a practice of inquiry that is democratic, community-centred, problem-oriented and experimental. Drawing from both classical and neo-pragmatist perspectives, the book advances a pragmatist sensibility in which truth and knowledge are contingent rather than universal, made rather than found, provisional rather than dogmatic, subject to continuous experimentation rather than ultimate proof, and verified in their application in acti… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Lake, Robert (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-5261-3496-7
EAN: 9781526134967
Produktnummer: 34128595
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 304 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'386 KB

Über den Autor

Jane Wills is Professor of Geography at the Centre for Geography and Environmental Science and the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of ExeterRobert W. Lake is Professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and a member of the Graduate Faculties in Geography and Urban Planning at Rutgers University