Author : Annette Imhausen
Publisher : Campus Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3593509776
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Weak Knowledge by : Annette Imhausen
Download or read book Weak Knowledge written by Annette Imhausen and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.