Science and Its Fabrication

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Open 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
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