Science and Its FabricationOpen University Press, 1990 - 142 pages Aided by historical examples, this book shows how a qualified defence of science is possible that occupies middle ground between ideological glorifications and radical denials or rejections of it. The book then gives a clarification of the limitations of science. |
Contents
Observation Objectified | 41 |
Experiment | 66 |
Science and the Sociology of Knowledge | 80 |
The Aim of Science | 85 |
Two Sociological Case Studies | 96 |
The Social and Political Dimension of Science | 115 |
Appendix The Extraordinary Prehistory of | 126 |
Bibliography | 133 |
Author Index | 140 |
Copyright | |