TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thora Margareta Bertilsson
PY  - 2009
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Peirce’s Theory of Inquiry and Beyond
T2  - Towards a Social Reconstruction of Science Theory
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1106932
N2  - About a decade ago, an antagonistic debate on the ‘science war’ arose on both sides of the Atlantic. At issue was how far the social sciences could intervene in disentangling the practice of science. The debate has now calmed down, but has by no means been solved. As a continuation of the antagonism that once haunted the advocates of Karl Popper against those of Thomas Kuhn, versions of this animated debate are likely to arise again. In this light, the theory of inquiry once launched by Charles S. Peirce may prove valuable. Despite early efforts by, amongst others, Karl-Otto Apel and Jürgen Habermas, Peirce’s theory of inquiry remains largely unknown in the social sciences. It is the aim of this publication – the bulk of which was written long ago as a doctoral thesis – to place Peirce’s theory of inquiry in the centre of social science theory.
KW  - Soziologie, Peirce, Charles S., Pragmatismus
LA  - English
ER  -