Returning to Scientific Practice by Xu Zhu

Returning to Scientific Practice by Xu Zhu

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Returning to Scientific Practice by Xu Zhu

The authors believe that it is necessary for philosophy of scientific practice (PSP) to turn from the theory-dominant to the practice-dominant position. PSP has also put forward some possibility to reinterpret epistemic status of local knowledge in Chinese tradition, which provides the most significant motivation to participate this study.

XU Zhu, Associate Professor in Department of Philosophy, ECNU. Research interests includes Epistemology, Philosophy of Action, Wittgenstein, and Philosophy of Social Science. The author of Understanding the Social: from Normativity to Mechanism (monograph published in Chinese) and several papers published both in Chinese and in English.

WU Tong, Professor of Philosophy of Science and Technology (tenured) in the STS Centre, Tsinghua University. Research interests include philosophy of scientific practice, philosophy of system and complexity, and local knowledge. The author of The Melody of Growth: the Self-Organizing Evolution of Science (monograph published in Chinese) and many influential papers in Chinese philosophy of science and technology.

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ISBN 13 9780367728984
ISBN 10 0367728982
Title Returning to Scientific Practice
Author Xu Zhu
Series China Perspectives
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2020-12-18
Number of pages 332
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