A nice derangement of epistemes : post-positivism in the study of science from Quine to Latour / John H. Zammito.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2004], ©2004.

x, 390 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-370) and index.

From positivism to post-positivism -- The perils of semantic ascent : Quine and post-positivism in the philosophy of science -- Living in different worlds? : Kuhn's misadventures with incommensurability -- Doing Kuhn one better? : the (failed) marriage of history and philosophy of science -- How Kuhn became a sociologist (and why he didn't like it) : the strong program and the social construction of science -- All the way down : social constructivism and the turn to microsociological studies -- Women, ANTs, and (other) dangerous things : "hybrid" discourses -- A nice derangement of epistemes : radical reflexivity and the science wars -- Conclusion : the hyperbolic derangement of epistemes.