Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science (International by Jody Azzouni

By Jody Azzouni

Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science is an interesting examine of the limits among technological know-how and language: in what feel, and of what, does technological know-how offer wisdom? Is technology an software purely distantly relating to what is actual? Can the language of technological know-how be used to effectively describe the truth?


In this publication, Jody Azziouni investigates the expertise of technological know-how - the particular forging and exploiting of causal hyperlinks, among ourselves and what we undertaking to grasp and understand.

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