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Using case studies from cognitive science, physics, and biology to illustrate their descriptions and applications of the social study of science, they show how this approach provides a crucial perspective on how science is actually done.
- John Henry
Scientific Knowledge. A Sociological Analysis. Barry Barnes....
- Barry Barnes
Barry Barnes is a former codirector of the ESRC Centre for...
- John Henry
Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis, by Barry Barnes, David Bloor, and John Henry. Chicago: Chicago University Press; London: Ath-lone Press, 1996, xii + 230 pp. $38.00/?42.00 (cloth), $15.95/?15.95 (paper). This book is intended to be an introduction to the sociology of scientific knowl-edge.
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Sep 4, 2019 · Barnes, Barry. Publication date. 1996. Topics. Science -- Philosophy, Science -- Psychology. Publisher. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. Collection. printdisabled; trent_university; internetarchivebooks.
Apr 12, 2002 · Study of the social dimensions of scientific knowledge encompasses the effects of scientific research on human life and social relations, the effects of social relations and values on scientific research, and the social aspects of inquiry itself.
Jul 15, 1996 · Using case studies from cognitive science, physics, and biology to illustrate their descriptions and applications of the social study of science, they show how this approach provides a crucial perspective on how science is actually done.
Jan 1, 1996 · Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis. Barry Barnes, David Bloor, John Henry. A&C Black, Jan 1, 1996 - Political Science - 230 pages. 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 ...
The SSK, which emerged in the late 1970s, was concerned to examine how scientific knowledge itself was socially shaped or constructed. A key tenet of this new sociology of science, as formulated by David Bloor (1991 [1976]) in his ‘Strong Program,’ was that of symmetry.
