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The Social Construction of Science. A Comparative Study of Goal Direction, Research Evolution and Legitimation.
T. Jagtenberg
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Description for The Social Construction of Science. A Comparative Study of Goal Direction, Research Evolution and Legitimation.
Paperback. Series: Sociology of the Sciences - Monographs S. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; GB; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 403.
This book concerns the institutionalisation of the physical sciences. The book breaks with the established tradition in the history, philosophy and sociology of sciences by attempting to capture both the cognitive and social dimensions of institutionalisation in one unified analysis. This unifica tion has been achieved through a treatment of research as goal directed social action - a theme which has been developed both theoretically and empirically. The analysis presented is therefore unique in its breadth of focus and shows how the traditional concerns of sociology with generalised macro-structures of meaning and action can be related to the lifeworlds of ... Read more
This book concerns the institutionalisation of the physical sciences. The book breaks with the established tradition in the history, philosophy and sociology of sciences by attempting to capture both the cognitive and social dimensions of institutionalisation in one unified analysis. This unifica tion has been achieved through a treatment of research as goal directed social action - a theme which has been developed both theoretically and empirically. The analysis presented is therefore unique in its breadth of focus and shows how the traditional concerns of sociology with generalised macro-structures of meaning and action can be related to the lifeworlds of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
Series
Sociology of the Sciences - Monographs S.
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400970120
SKU
V9789400970120
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`The book breaks with established tradition in the history, philosophy and sociology of science by attempting to portray in one unified analysis, both the cognitive and social dimensions of the institutionalisation of the physical sciences. The analysis is therefore unique in its breadth of focus and shows how the traditional concerns of sociologists with generalised ... Read more