How scientific practices matter : reclaiming philosophical naturalism / Joseph Rouse.

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2002], ©2002.

ix, 383 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The problem of manifest necessity -- The dualism of nature and normativity -- Quinean indeterminacy and its implications for naturalism -- Feminist challenges to the reification of knowledge -- Two concepts of scientific practices -- Perception, action, and discursive practices -- Desires, bodies, and normative force -- Experimentation, theory, and the normativity of natural phenomena -- Natural necessity and the normativity of scientific practices.