ABSTRACT

This book uniquely illustrates the key concepts and issues involved with recent examples drawn from empirical research, highlighting the practical relevance of difficult theoretical and philosophical concepts to the way in which we think and talk about knowledge both in an everyday and in an academic/ sociological context.

chapter 1|14 pages

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH KNOWLEDGE?

chapter 2|21 pages

KNOWLEDGE IS...

chapter 3|21 pages

CLASSIFICATION AS REVELATION

chapter 4|23 pages

WHOSE ‘TRUTH’ WIĻL RULE?

chapter 5|20 pages

IS ‘OBJECTIVITY’ POSSIBLE?

chapter 6|23 pages

JUST WORDS

chapter 8|18 pages

KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWING

chapter 9|7 pages

OPEN CONSTRUCTION