{"product_id":"science-as-social-existence-jeff-kochan-9781783744114","title":"Science as Social Existence: Heidegger and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this bold and original study, Jeff Kochan constructively combines the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) with Martin Heidegger's early existential conception of science. Kochan shows convincingly that these apparently quite different approaches to science are, in fact, largely compatible, even mutually reinforcing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy combining Heidegger with SSK, Kochan argues, we can explicate, elaborate, and empirically ground Heidegger's philosophy of science in a way that makes it more accessible and useful for social scientists and historians of science. Likewise, incorporating Heideggerian phenomenology into SSK renders SKK a more robust and attractive methodology for use by scholars in the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). Kochan's ground-breaking reinterpretation of Heidegger also enables STS scholars to sustain a principled analytical focus on scientific subjectivity, without running afoul of the orthodox subject-object distinction they often reject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScience as Social Existence\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book of its kind, unfurling its argument through a range of topics relevant to contemporary STS research. These include the epistemology and metaphysics of scientific practice, as well as the methods of explanation appropriate to social scientific and historical studies of science.\u003cem\u003e Science as Social Existence\u003c\/em\u003e puts concentrated emphasis on the compatibility of Heidegger's existential conception of science with the historical sociology of scientific knowledge, pursuing this combination at both macro- and micro-historical levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written and accessible, \u003cem\u003eScience as Social Existence\u003c\/em\u003e puts new and powerful tools into the hands of sociologists and historians of science, cultural theorists of science, Heidegger scholars, and pluralist philosophers of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Kochan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783744111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783744114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Book Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018","brand":"Jeff Kochan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453916721407,"sku":"9781783744114","price":50.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47f98773-2fec-4ba6-9670-c1fe641fc9d2.jpg?v=1777303016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-as-social-existence-jeff-kochan-9781783744114","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}