A Social History of Truth

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ISBN9780226750194
PublisherThe University of Chicago Press
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This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge.