The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (Critical Concepts) (Other)

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• Publisher: Routledge
• ISBN: 0415434904
• WAPI (Tower ID): 112506602
• Release Date: December 15, 2010
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This Routledge Major Work is a four-volume collection of cutting-edge and canonical research on the sociology of scientific knowledge. It brings together many of the classic empirical studies and provides the essential background for their critical assessment and for gaining a deeper understanding of the current controversies surrounding science.

Volume One gives historical background and analytical perspectives through the writing of such figures as Karl Mannheim and Émile Durkheim. Volume Two offers philosophical and sociological resources drawn from the work of Hume, Duhem, Merton and Kuhn. In each of these volumes the theoretical categories and analyses are supplemented by recent case studies which apply, test and explore the claims and insights of these thinkers. Volume Three is devoted to further case studies, paying particular attention to what might appear to be the areas least amenable to sociological analysis, such as physics and mathematics. Volume Four introduces some of the most controversial claims in the field and exhibits the critical exchanges that have taken place in the literature.

It is a special feature of this collection that historical material is accompanied by papers which develop the philosophical and theoretical apparatus that is necessary for its full appreciation. Careful introductory comments serve to orient and guide the reader through the technical material and to provide the necessary perspective for its interpretation and for a deeper understanding of current controversies surrounding science.

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