Scientific knowledge and sociological theory
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Scientific knowledge and sociological theory
（Routledge library editions, . History and philosophy of science ; v. 2）
Routledge, 2009
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Reprint of 1974 ed. published by Routledge & Kegan Paul
Bibliography: p. [181]-187
Includes indexes
ISBN for subseries: 9780415420297, 0415420296
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published in 1974.
Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory centres on the problem of explaining the manifest variety and contrast in the beliefs about nature held in different groups and societies. It maintains that the sociologist should treat all beliefs symmetrically and must investigate and account for allegedly "correct" or "scientific" beliefs just as he would "incorrect" or "unscientific" ones. From this basic position a study of scientific beliefs is constructed. The sociological interest of such beliefs is illustrated and a sociological perspective upon scientific change is developed.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 The diversity of beliefs about nature and the problem of explaining it
- Chapter 2 The sociologist and the concept of rationality
- Chapter 3 The culture of the natural sciences
- Chapter 4 Belief, action and determinism: the causal explanation of scientific change
- Chapter 5 'Internal' and 'external' factors in the history of science
- Chapter 6 Science and ideology
- Epilogue
- Notes
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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