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Cognitive Turn
Sociological and Psychological Perspectives on Science
Av Steve Fuller, Marc de Mey m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
1597 kr
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If nothing else, the twelve papers assembled in this volume should lay to rest the idea that the interesting debates about the nature of science are still being conducted by "internalists" vs. "externalists,"" rationalists" vs. "arationalists, n or even "normative epistemologists" vs. "empirical …
Selforganization
Portrait of a Scientific Revolution
Av W. Krohn, Gunter Küppers m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
1643 kr
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may be complex without being able to be replaced by something »still more simple«. This became evident with the help of computer models of deterministic-recursive systems in which simple mathematical equation systems provide an extremely complex behavior. (2) Irregularity of nature is not treated …
Discourses on Society
The Shaping of the Social Science Disciplines
Av Peter Wagner, Björn Wittrock m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
2189 kr
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This book, which represents probably the most comprehensive discussion of the emergence of modem social science yet produced, is of far more than merely historical interest. The contributors set out to rewrite the history of the social sciences and to show the limitations of conventional …
Denationalizing Science
The Contexts of International Scientific Practice
Av E. Crawford, T. Shinn m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
2189 kr
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Present trends indicate that in the years to come transnational science, whether basic or applied and involving persons, equipment or funding, will grow considerably. The main purpose of this volume is to try to understand the reasons for this denationalization of science, its historical contexts …
Technology, Pessimism, and Postmodernism
Av Yaron Ezrahi, E. Mendelsohn m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1643 kr
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This is the first systematic examination of the contemporary and prior connections between technological progress and pessimism over the future. If the hallmark of the Enlightenment was a firm belief in technology as a principal instrument of universal progress, the hallmark of postmodernism may …
Biology as Society, Society as Biology: Metaphors
Av Sabine Maasen, E. Mendelsohn m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1643 kr
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not lie in the conceptual distinctions but in the perceived functions of metaphors and whether in the concrete case they are judged positive or negative. The ongoing debates reflect these concerns quite clearly~ namely that metaphors are judged on the basis of supposed dangers they pose and …
Science and Technology in a Developing World
Av T. Shinn, J. Spaapen m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
2189 kr
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block possible Soviet expansion by mobilizing European "democracies", the policy soon extended to some developing countries in Asia and Latin America. In response, the USSR gradually initiated development programs for newly independent nations in Asia and Africa. In this context, super power …
Rise of the Social Sciences and the Formation of Modernity
Conceptual Change in Context, 1750–1850
Av J. Heilbron, Lars Magnusson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1643 kr
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This volume offers a systematic analysis of the rise of modern social science. It demonstrates that modern social science actually emerged during the critical period between 1750 and 1850. The social sciences were a crucial element in the conceptual and epistemic revolution, which parallelled and …
Practices of Human Genetics
Av Michael Fortun, E. Mendelsohn
Inbunden, 1998
1693 kr
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That concern about human genetics is at the top of many lists of issues requiring intense discussion from scientific, political, social, and ethical points of view is today no surprise. It was in the spirit of attempting to establish the basis for intelligent discussion of the issues involved that …
Instrumentation Between Science, State and Industry
Av B. Joerges, T. Shinn
Häftad, 2001
552 kr
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these. In this book, we appropriate their conception of research-technology, and ex tend it to many other phenomena which are less stable and less localized in time and space than the Zeeman/Cotton situation. In the following pages, we use the concept for instances where research activities are …
Biology as Society, Society as Biology: Metaphors
Av Sabine Maasen, E. Mendelsohn m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
1643 kr
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not lie in the conceptual distinctions but in the perceived functions of metaphors and whether in the concrete case they are judged positive or negative. The ongoing debates reflect these concerns quite clearly~ namely that metaphors are judged on the basis of supposed dangers they pose and …
Rise of the Social Sciences and the Formation of Modernity
Conceptual Change in Context, 1750–1850
Av J. Heilbron, Lars Magnusson m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
1643 kr
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This volume offers one of the first systematic analyses of the rise of modern social science. Contrary to the standard accounts of various social science disciplines, the essays in this volume demonstrate that modern social science actually emerged during the critical period between 1750 and 1850. …
Social Studies of Science and Technology: Looking Back, Ahead
Av B. Joerges, H. Nowotny
Inbunden, 2003
1643 kr
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BERNW ARD JOERGES AND HELGA NOWOTNY YET ANOTHER TURN The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that's most interesting. Richard Fcynman This volume was originally conceived as a contribution to yet another 'tum', not cap tured by one of the many adjectives that have served to describe the collective …
Social Studies of Science and Technology: Looking Back, Ahead
Av B. Joerges, H. Nowotny
Häftad, 2003
1643 kr
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BERNW ARD JOERGES AND HELGA NOWOTNY YET ANOTHER TURN The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that's most interesting. Richard Fcynman This volume was originally conceived as a contribution to yet another 'tum', not cap tured by one of the many adjectives that have served to describe the collective …
Democratization of Expertise?
Exploring Novel Forms of Scientific Advice in Political Decision-Making
Inbunden, 2006
1098 kr
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‘Scientific advice to politics’, the ‘nature of expertise’, and the ‘relation between experts, policy makers, and the public’ are variations of a topic that currently attracts the attention of social scientists, philosophers of science as well as practitioners in the public sphere and the media. …
Democratization of Expertise?
Exploring Novel Forms of Scientific Advice in Political Decision-Making
Häftad, 2009
1098 kr
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‘Scientific advice to politics’, the ‘nature of expertise’, and the ‘relation between experts, policy makers, and the public’ are variations of a topic that currently attracts the attention of social scientists, philosophers of science as well as practitioners in the public sphere and the media. …
Simulation
Pragmatic Constructions of Reality
Av Johannes Lenhard, Günter Küppers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1131 kr
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This book examines the historical roots and evolution of simulation from an epistemological, institutional and technical perspective. Rich case studies go far beyond documentation of simulation’s capacity for application in many domains, they also explore the "functional" and "structural" debate …
Changing Governance of the Sciences
The Advent of Research Evaluation Systems
Av Richard Whitley, Jochen Gläser
Inbunden, 2008
1643 kr
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This book arose from a conversation between Lars Engwall and Richard Whitley during the 2003 European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium in Copenhagen about important topics for future research. We agreed then, and this has been amply confirmed by subsequent events, that the proliferation of …
TechnoScienceSociety
Technological Reconfigurations of Science and Society
Av Sabine Maasen, Sascha Dickel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1425 kr
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This book introduces the term of TechnoScienceSociety to focus on the ongoing technological reconfigurations of science and society. It aspires to use the breadth of Science and Technology Studies to perform a critical diagnosis of our contemporary culture. Instead of constructing technology as …
TechnoScienceSociety
Technological Reconfigurations of Science and Society
Av Sabine Maasen, Sascha Dickel m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1425 kr
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This book introduces the term of TechnoScienceSociety to focus on the ongoing technological reconfigurations of science and society. It aspires to use the breadth of Science and Technology Studies to perform a critical diagnosis of our contemporary culture. Instead of constructing technology as …
Community and Identity in Contemporary Technosciences
Av Karen Kastenhofer, Susan Molyneux-Hodgson
Inbunden, 2021
552 kr
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This open access edited book provides new thinking on scientific identity formation. It thoroughly interrogates the concepts of community and identity, including both historical and contemporaneous analyses of several scientific fields. Chapters examine whether, and how, today’s scientific …
Community and Identity in Contemporary Technosciences
Av Karen Kastenhofer, Susan Molyneux-Hodgson
Häftad, 2022
443 kr
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This open access edited book provides new thinking on scientific identity formation. It thoroughly interrogates the concepts of community and identity, including both historical and contemporaneous analyses of several scientific fields. Chapters examine whether, and how, today’s scientific …
Local Configuration of New Research Fields
On Regional and National Diversity
Av Martina Merz, Philippe Sormani
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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This new Yearbook addresses the question of how policy, place, and organization are made to matter for a new research field to emerge. Bringing together leading historians, sociologists, and organizational researchers on science and technology, the volume answers this question by offering in-depth …
Local Configuration of New Research Fields
On Regional and National Diversity
Av Martina Merz, Philippe Sormani
Häftad, 2016
552 kr
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This new Yearbook addresses the question of how policy, place, and organization are made to matter for a new research field to emerge. Bringing together leading historians, sociologists, and organizational researchers on science and technology, the volume answers this question by offering in-depth …
Social Production of Scientific Knowledge
Yearbook 1977
Av E. Mendelsohn, P. Weingart m. fl.
Inbunden, 1977
1643 kr
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Social Production of Scientific Knowledge
Yearbook 1977
Av E. Mendelsohn, P. Weingart m. fl.
Häftad, 1977
1643 kr
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Dynamics of Science and Technology
Social Values, Technical Norms and Scientific Criteria in the Development of Knowledge
Av W. Krohn, E.T. Layton Jr. m. fl.
Inbunden, 1978
1098 kr
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The interrelations of science and technology as an object of study seem to have drawn the attention of a number of disciplines: the history of both science and technology, sociology, economics and economic history, and even the philosophy of science. The question that comes to mind is whether the …
Dynamics of Science and Technology
Social Values, Technical Norms and Scientific Criteria in the Development of Knowledge
Av W. Krohn, E.T. Layton Jr. m. fl.
Häftad, 1978
1098 kr
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The interrelations of science and technology as an object of study seem to have drawn the attention of a number of disciplines: the history of both science and technology, sociology, economics and economic history, and even the philosophy of science. The question that comes to mind is whether the …
Counter-Movements in the Sciences
The Sociology of the Alternatives to Big Science
Av H. Nowotny, H. Rose
Inbunden, 1979
1643 kr
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Heretical thoughts in an orthodox series on sociology of the sciences? Devils and science between the covers of one book? Games with ambivalence to mask collective uncertainty? We anticipate similar future reactions from readers or reviewers when assessing the way in which this volume has been …
Counter-Movements in the Sciences
The Sociology of the Alternatives to Big Science
Av H. Nowotny, H. Rose
Häftad, 1979
1643 kr
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Heretical thoughts in an orthodox series on sociology of the sciences? Devils and science between the covers of one book? Games with ambivalence to mask collective uncertainty? We anticipate similar future reactions from readers or reviewers when assessing the way in which this volume has been …
