Scientific Knowledge (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780485114041)

A systematic account of the importance of sociology for the understanding of scientific knowledge. Applying sociological analysis to specific historical case studies, the work attempts to show how the sociological approach is an essential complement to interpretations of scientific knowledge from other disciplines, and a necessary contribution to obtaining a scientific understanding of science. This book should be of interest to students in the social sciences and the history and philosophy of science, and to academics interested in knowledge, epistemology, the history of ideas and the "new" sociology of science.

Author: Barry Barnes,David Bloor,John Henry
ISBN-10: 0485114046
ISBN-13: 9780485114041
Publisher: Athlone Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2000
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.34w x 1.01d