{"product_id":"narratives-and-comparisons-adversaries-or-allies-in-understanding-science-paperback","title":"Narratives and Comparisons: Adversaries or Allies in Understanding Science? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Carrier\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRebecca Mertens\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarsten Reinhardt\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a powerful tool in the production of knowledge, comparing plays a crucial part in the sciences and the humanities. This volume explores the relationship between comparing and narrating in epistemic practices and clarifies the ways in which narratives enable or impede practices of comparing. It takes into account related activities, such as measuring and classifying, modeling, establishing norms and categories, as well as organizing and popularizing knowledge, to analyze the ambivalent relationship between narratives, scientific explanation, and understanding. The contributions bring out the epistemic role of narratives, and elucidate how narratives are connected to comparisons and scientific explanations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Carrier, born in 1955, teaches philosophy of science at Bielefeld University. His research is directed at methodological characteristics of science in the context of practice, that is, research targeted at economically or politically relevant fields. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRebecca Mertens (PhD), born in 1984, is a postdoctoral researcher in the history and philosophy of science at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. She works on the role of analogies, models and forms of comparison in the history of molecular genetics and is a member of the collaborative research program \"Practices of Comparison: Ordering and Changing the World\". During her graduate and doctoral studies, she was a visiting scholar at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and a visiting graduate fellow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarsten Reinhardt, born in 1966, teaches history of science at Bielefeld University. His research fields are the history of twentieth-century physical sciences, methods development, and expertise.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46589891510469,"sku":"9783837654158","price":81.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/cEBfCGAuKB9783837654158.webp?v=1784974275","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/narratives-and-comparisons-adversaries-or-allies-in-understanding-science-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}