Science and the sociology of knowledge

M. Mulkay

DOI:10.2307/2577856

Corpus ID: 145141125

Science and the sociology of knowledge

@inproceedings{Mulkay1979ScienceAT,
  title={Science and the sociology of knowledge},
  author={M. Mulkay},
  year={1979}
}

M. Mulkay
Published 1979
Political Science, Sociology

The major contributors to the sociology of knowledge have agreed that the conclusions of science depend on social action only in a very limited sense. This view is examined critically and it is argued that scientific knowledge should be included fully within the scope of sociological analysis. The production of scientific knowledge is depicted as a process of negotiation, the outcome of which depends on participants' use of resources which are both technical and social. It is shown how cultural… Expand

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