Making Science Between Nature and Society |
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| Author:
| Cole, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-54347-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1992 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $102.00 |
Book Description:
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The sociology of science is dominated today by relativists who boldly argue that the content of science is not primarily determined by evidence from the empirical world but is instead socially constructed in the laboratory. Making Science is the first serious critique by a sociologist of the social constructivist position.
The sociology of science is dominated today by relativists who boldly argue that the content of science is not primarily determined by evidence from the empirical world but is instead socially constructed in the laboratory. Making Science is the first serious critique by a sociologist of the social constructivist position.