Science and the Sociology of Knowledge

Kataloški broj: 083793

Nakladnik: George Allen & Unwin

Mjesto izdanja: Boston- Sidney

Godina izdanja: 1980

Format: 13,5×21,5

Uvez: meki

Broj stranica: 132

Jezik: engleski

Cijena: 15,00 EUR

Zabilješke: 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

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