Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries

Name: Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries
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ISBN: 9780521281638

ISBN-10: 0521281636

ISBN-13: 9780521281638

Edition: 1981

Authors: Augustine Brannigan

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Brannigan provides a critical examination of the major theories which have been devised to account for discoveries and innovations in science, and develops a fresh alternative.

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/29/1981
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Augustine Brannigan is professor of sociology, in the department of sociology, at the University of Calgary. He is the author of "The Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries "and of various social science publications.



Preface




The topic of discovery and the concept of nature



Psychological accounts of discovery



A synthetic assessment of the psychological accounts



The emergence of a social model of discovery



Discovery as meaningful action



The law valid for Pisum and the reification of Mendal



Perspective, reflexivity and the apparent objectivity of discovery



Folk reasoning in theories about scientific discovery



Some sociological features of discovery


Notes


Bibliography


Index