History and theory of knowledge production : an introductory outline / Rajan Gurukkal.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2019Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199095810 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Knowledge management | Knowledge management -- India | Knowledge, Theory of | Knowledge, Theory of -- IndiaAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199490363DDC classification: 658.4038 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text seeks to provide an introductory outline of the history and theory of knowledge production, notwithstanding the vastness of the subject. It is a brief history of intellectual formation or history of ideas. One can see it as a textbook of historical epistemology, which in spatio-temporal terms historicises knowledge production and contextualises methodological development. It addresses the historical process of the social constitution of knowledge, that is, the social history of the making of knowledge.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text seeks to provide an introductory outline of the history and theory of knowledge production, notwithstanding the vastness of the subject. It is a brief history of intellectual formation or history of ideas. One can see it as a textbook of historical epistemology, which in spatio-temporal terms historicises knowledge production and contextualises methodological development. It addresses the historical process of the social constitution of knowledge, that is, the social history of the making of knowledge.
Specialized.
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