-
Period: to
Sandra Heller
Sandra Heller , rather Agnes heller was a Hungarian Philosopher. She was a member of the Budapest school of philosophical forum in the 1960's. Sandra later taught political theory for 25 years at the New School for Social research in New York. Sandra was born on the 12th of may 1929 and died on the 19th of July 2019. Sandra is credited with theorized article that she published like, A theory of history 1982, general ethics 1989, the postmodern political condition. 1989. -
Period: to
Larry Laudan
Larry Laudan was an American philosopher of science and epistemologist. Laudan was born October 16th, 1941, and died on August 23, 2022. Laudan rejected the traditions of positivism, realism and relativism. Laudan defended a view of science as a privileged and progressive institution against popular challenged. Laudans most noted and influential work is in his book, "Progress and its problems" published in 1977. His books explains that "Science is fundamentally a problem-solving activity. -
Period: to
David Bloor
David Bloor is a British sociologist born in 1942. Bloor is a professor and former director the science studies unit at the University of Edinburgh. Bloor was a major role player in the development of the field of science and technology studies. Bloor is known advocating in the strong programme in the sociology of scientific knowledge, most noted in his book Knowledge and social imagery. Bloor was awarded PhD by the university for his thesis, Speech and the regulation of behavior. -
Period: to
John Dupre
John A. Dupre is a British Philosopher of science. Dupre was born on the 3rd of July 1952. He is the director of Egenis which is the center for the study of life sciences and professor of philosophy at the university of Exeter. Dupre's chief work is in philosophy of biology. Dupre rejects determinism and the assumption that there is a physical cause for each and every event. Dupre proposes a conception of indeterministic, probabilistic causality. His ideas are influenced by Nancy Cartwright. -
Progress and its problems
Written by Larry Laudan. Laudan both destroys and creates with fine detail and criticisms philosophies of science. Laudan suggests a revised programs for history and philosophy of science, the history of ideas and the sociology of science. The book describes Laudan's system of preserving scientific rationality and progress in the presence of social influence. -
Wittgenstein: A Social Theory of Knowledge
David Bloors book presents a systematic examination of Wittgensteins later philosophical work. Bloor explains his strong sociological and naturalistic thrust towards individual actions and beliefs as natural phenomena. His works represents a determined assault on some of our most cherishes myths about knowledge and rationality -
The Theory of Needs in Marx (Radical Thinkers)
Sandra Heller (agnes Heller) in her book, "The Theory of Need in Marx delves into the curiosity of the statement, "what are needs?". Heller addresses the idea of what "need" itself means. hellers book works to identify this lacuna. while recognizing the concept of needs as playing a "hidden but principle rile in Marxs economic categories" -
The Metaphysics of Biology
This book was written by philosopher John Dupre. Dupre's book is not of scientific work but rather aims to be firmly grounded in scientific knowledge. it is an exercise in naturalistic metaphysics. Most distinctively featuring arguments throughout for a view of living systems as a process rather than things or in the technical term philosophical sense. -
Citations 1
Heller, Agnes. The theory of need in Marx. Verso Books, 2018. Laudan, Larry. Progress and Its Problems: Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth. United Kingdom, University of California Press, 1978. Bloor, David. "Wittgenstein and Mannheim on the Sociology of Mathematics." Studies in history and philosophy of science 4.2 (1973): 173-191. -
Citations 2
O'Malley, Maureen A., and John Dupré. "Fundamental issues in systems biology." BioEssays 27.12 (2005): 1270-1276. Educational Video of Philosophy of science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86NIrHGMAxk