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The professional quest for truth a social theory of science and knowledge

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The professional quest for truth : a social theory of science and knowledge

Autor: Fuchs, Stephan
Ort, Verlag, Jahr: New York, State Univ. of New York Press, 1992
Umfang: XVIII, 254 S.
ISBN/ISSN/ISMN 0791409244
Schlagwortketten: Naturwissenschaften / Soziologie
Schlagwortketten: Wissenssoziologie
Schlagwortketten: Wissenschaftssoziologie
Schlagwortketten: Naturwissenschaften / Soziologische Theorie

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Autor:Fuchs, Stephan
Titel:The professional quest for truth
Untertitel:a social theory of science and knowledge
Von:Stephan Fuchs
Ort:New York
Verlag:State Univ. of New York Press
Jahr:1992
Umfang:XVIII, 254 S.
ISBN/ISSN/ISMN:0791409244
Zusammenfassung:This book argues that the power of science as the most respected and authoritative world view is based on its superior material and organizational resources, not on its superior rationality. Fuchs approaches science as a social construct, and utilizing a theory of scientific organizations, he analyzes knowledge production in scientific fields - how they differ in their resources and how these differences affect how science is conducted. The book explains why certain fields produce science and facts, while others engage in hermeneutics and conversation; why certain specialities change through cumulation rather than fragmentation; and why some fields are relativistic while others are positivist in their self-understanding. This general theory of knowledge is applicable not only to science, but to all varieties of professional groups engaged in knowledge production.
Reihe:Science, technology and society series
Systematik:CC 3200
Systematik:MR 3600
BV-Nummer:BV006815475