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In this bold and original study, Jeff Kochan constructively combines the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) with Martin Heidegger’s early existential con
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This volume comprises original articles by leading authors – from philosophy as well as sociology – in the debate around relativism in the sociology of (sci