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.>
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There are a number of reasons for beginning an account of knowledge with the topic of observation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
finitist account, protoplasm theory, ostensive learning, enzyme theory, contingent judgement, aniline reds, realist strategy, realist strategies, demarcation criteria, documentary method, realist mode, rigid designation, deductive steps, cognitive authority Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, John Brown, Renard Frères, Harry Collins, Robert Boyle, Thomas Kuhn, Richard Owen, Victorian Britain New!
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finitist account, protoplasm theory, ostensive learning, enzyme theory, contingent judgement, aniline reds, realist strategy, realist strategies, demarcation criteria, documentary method, realist mode, rigid designation, deductive steps, cognitive authority Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Society, John Brown, Renard Frères, Harry Collins, Robert Boyle, Thomas Kuhn, Richard Owen, Victorian Britain New!
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- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin on page 156, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Natural Order: Historical Studies of Scientific Culture (SAGE Focus Editions) by B. Barnes in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on page 156, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation and Other Evolutionary Writings by Robert Chambers on page 156, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Studies in Ethnomethodology (Social and Political Theory) by Harold Garfinkel on page 88, page 91, and Back Matter
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- Defending Science-Within Reason: Between Scientism and Cynicism by Susan Haack on page 188, page 203, and Back Matter
- The Philosophy of Science : A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) by Alex Rosenberg on page 17, page 174, and Back Matter
- The Philosophy of Science : A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) by Alex Rosenberg on page 17, page 174, and Back Matter
- Envisioning the Future of Doctoral Education: Preparing Stewards of the Discipline - Carnegie Essays on the Doctorate (Jossey-Bass/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching) by Chris M. Golde on page 92, and page 94
- Understanding Philosophy of Science by James Ladyman on page 125, and Back Matter
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