Relativism, Pragmatism, and the Practice of Science

In Cheryl Misak, New pragmatists. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 50--67 (2007)
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"But science in the making, science as an end to be pursued, is as subjective and psychologically conditioned as any other branch of human endeavor-- so much so that the question, What is the purpose and meaning of science? receives quite different answers at different times and from different sorts of people" (Einstein 1934, p. 112).

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