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The Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521281638
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
21.08.2009
Seiten:
228
Autor:
Augustine Brannigan
Gewicht:
377 g
Format:
229x152x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Brannigan provides a critical examination of the major theories which have been devised to account for discoveries and innovations in science, and develops a fresh alternative.
Preface Michael Mulkay; 1. The topic of discovery and the concept of nature; 2. Psychological accounts of discovery; 3. A synthetic assessment of the psychological accounts; 4. The emergence of a social model of discovery; 5. Discovery as meaningful action; 6. The law valid for Pisum and the reification of Mendal; 7. Perspective, reflexivity and the apparent objectivity of discovery; 8. Folk reasoning in theories about scientific discovery; 9. Some sociological features of discovery; Notes; Bibliography; Index.