The Social Dimensions of ScienceIn recent decades, it has been argued that the social dimensions of science are more nearly constitutive of science, both as activity and as product. The ten essays in this volume examine the historical origins of this new emphasis on the social dimensions of science, which has its roots in Thomas Kuhn's claim that The choice between competing paradigms proves to be a choice between incompatible modes of community life. |
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The Social Dimensions of Science | 1 |
Hypothesis and Retroduction | 7 |
The Last Chapter | 16 |
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