Many people assume that the claims of scientists are objective truths. But historians, sociologists, and philosophers of science have long argued that scientifi

This edited collection is the first of its kind to explore the view called perspectivism in philosophy of science. The book brings together an array of essays t

This open access book – as the title suggests – explores some of the historical roots and epistemological ramifications of perspectivism. Perspectivism has

"Science without Laws thus stakes out a middle ground in these debates by demonstrating a more powerful way of seeing science."--BOOK JACKET.

"What does it mean to be a realist about science if one takes seriously the view that scientific knowledge is always perspectival, namely historically and cultu