118 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sociological studies of knowledge and science have typically dealt with the view that science represents pure and ‘objective’ knowledge, untainted by ‘social’ factors which distort or divert it from uncovering the ‘true’ nature of the physical world. Originally published in 1988 this book introduces and develops a critical appraisal of a new approach, known as the ‘social study of science’, which... Read more
Introduction. 1. What is Science? 2. Representation and the Methodological Horrors 3. Opening the Black Box: Logic, Reason and Rules 4. Inverting Nature: Discovery and Facts 5. Arguing Science: Discourse and Explanation 6. Keeping Inversion Alive: Ethnography and Reflexivity 7. Science and Social Science: Agency and Technology in Representation.
Biography
Steve Woolgar
