TY - GEN AU - Carrier,Martin AU - Mertens,Rebecca AU - Reinhardt,Carsten AU - Carrier,Martin AU - Mertens,Rebecca AU - Reinhardt,Carsten TI - Narratives and Comparisons : Adversaries or Allies in Understanding Science? SN - 9783839454152 PY - 2021/// KW - History of science KW - bicssc KW - Philosophy of science KW - Impact of science & technology on society KW - Comparison KW - Narrative KW - Explanation KW - History of Science KW - History of Art KW - Science KW - Philosophy of Science KW - Sociology of Science KW - Literary Studies KW - Bielefeld University Press N1 - Open Access N2 - As a powerful tool in the production of knowledge, comparing plays a crucial part in the sciences and the humanities. This volume explores the relationship between comparing and narrating in epistemic practices and clarifies the ways in which narratives enable or impede practices of comparing. It takes into account related activities, such as measuring and classifying, modeling, establishing norms and categories, as well as organizing and popularizing knowledge, to analyze the ambivalent relationship between narratives, scientific explanation, and understanding. The contributions bring out the epistemic role of narratives, and elucidate how narratives are connected to comparisons and scientific explanations UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47377/1/9783839454152.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/47377/1/9783839454152.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64088 ER -