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Opening Pandora's box: a sociological analysis of scientists' discourse by G. Nigel Gilbert and Michael Mulkay is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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This book proposes a fresh approach to sociological analysis and, in particular, to the analysis of scientific culture. It moves away from previous studies, which have tended to focus on scientists' actions and beliefs to show that analysis of scientific discourse can be productive and revealing. The book demonstrates that scientists produce varying accounts of their actions and beliefs in different social situations. Rather than attempting to extract one coherent interpretation from these diver
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- G. Nigel Gilbert and Michael Mulkay
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521274302
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Sociology, Science, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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