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Author : Barry Barnes
Release : 2013-04-15
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory by : Barry Barnes
Download or read book Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory written by Barry Barnes. This book was released on 2013-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1974.
Author : Barry Barnes
Release : 2013-04-15
Genre : Philosophy
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory by : Barry Barnes
Download or read book Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory written by Barry Barnes. This book was released on 2013-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1974.
Author : Barry Barnes
Release : 1996-01-01
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 041/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Scientific Knowledge by : Barry Barnes
Download or read book Scientific Knowledge written by Barry Barnes. This book was released on 1996-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic account of the importance of sociology for the understanding of scientific knowledge. Applying sociological analysis to specific historical case studies, the work attempts to show how the sociological approach is an essential complement to interpretations of scientific knowledge from other disciplines, and a necessary contribution to obtaining a scientific understanding of science. This book should be of interest to students in the social sciences and the history and philosophy of science, and to academics interested in knowledge, epistemology, the history of ideas and the "new" sociology of science.>
Author : Michael Mulkay
Release : 2014-08-07
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 189/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Science and the Sociology of Knowledge (RLE Social Theory) by : Michael Mulkay
Download or read book Science and the Sociology of Knowledge (RLE Social Theory) written by Michael Mulkay. This book was released on 2014-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far is scientific knowledge a product of social life? In addressing this question, the major contributors to the sociology of knowledge have agreed that the conclusions of science are dependent on social action only in a very special and limited sense. In Science and the Sociology of Knowledge Michael Mulkay's first aim is to identify the philosophical assumptions which have led to this view of science as special; and to present a systematic critique of the standard philosophical account of science, showing that there are no valid epistemological grounds for excluding scientific knowledge from the scope of sociological analysis. The rest of the book is devoted to developing a preliminary interpretation of the social creation of scientific knowledge. The processes of knowledge-creation are delineated through a close examination of recent case studies of scientific developments. Dr Mulkay argues that knowledge is produced by means of negotiation, the outcome of which depends on the participants' use of social as well as technical resources. The analysis also shows how cultural resources are taken over from the broader social milieu and incorporated into the body of certified knowledge; and how, in the political context of society at large, scientists' technical as well as social claims are conditioned and affected by their social position.
Author : Michael Mulkay
Release : 1992
Genre : Cities and towns
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Book Synopsis Science and the Sociology of Knowledge by : Michael Mulkay
Download or read book Science and the Sociology of Knowledge written by Michael Mulkay. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major contributors to the sociology of knowledge have agreed that the conclusions of science depend on social action only in a very limited sense. This view is examined critically and it is argued that scientific knowledge should be included fully within the scope of sociological analysis. The production of scientific knowledge is depicted as a process of negotiation, the outcome of which depends on participants' use of resources which are both technical and social. It is shown how cultural resources are taking over from the broader cultural milieu and incorporated into the body of certified knowledge; and how, in the wider political context, scientists' claims are conditioned and affected by their social allegiances.
