Scientific Knowledge and Its Social ProblemsOxford University Press, 1973 - 449 páginas Analyses the work of science as the creation and investigation of problems, and demonstrates the role of choice and value-judgement, and the inevitability of error, in scientific research. |
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... operation ; but for these to perform their functions , it is necessary in turn for those who are involved in their operation ( both as agents and as subjects ) to have attitudes appropriate to their roles in the system . In general , as ...
... operation ; but for these to perform their functions , it is necessary in turn for those who are involved in their operation ( both as agents and as subjects ) to have attitudes appropriate to their roles in the system . In general , as ...
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... operation , and con- stantly modified as circumstances change . The assessment of adequacy can relate as much to the way things are done , as to the fulfilment of stated goals ; and the relevant criteria can be so in- formal as to be ...
... operation , and con- stantly modified as circumstances change . The assessment of adequacy can relate as much to the way things are done , as to the fulfilment of stated goals ; and the relevant criteria can be so in- formal as to be ...
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... operation will waste the computer's precious time ; and non - standard cases , spat out by the computer , are a serious nuisance . Hence the natural tendency is to replace any judgements of attributes by simple sets of parameters , and ...
... operation will waste the computer's precious time ; and non - standard cases , spat out by the computer , are a serious nuisance . Hence the natural tendency is to replace any judgements of attributes by simple sets of parameters , and ...
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Introduction PART I THE VARIETIES OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE 1 What is Science? | 1 |
Social Problems of Industrialized Science | 33 |
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Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts Bruno Latour,Steve Woolgar No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1986 |
What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition) Alan F. Chalmers No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1999 |