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The Social Dimensions of Science (Studies in Science and the Humanities from the Reilly Center for Science, tEchnology, and Values, Vol 3) by Ernan McMullin, editor is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Social Dimensions of Science (Studies in Science and the Humanities from the Reilly Center for Science, tEchnology, and Values, Vol 3) about?
In 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.
Who reads The Social Dimensions of Science (Studies in Science and the Humanities from the Reilly Center for Science, tEchnology, and Values, Vol 3)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ernan McMullin, editor
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780268017415
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Sociology, History, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25