Augustine Brannigan, A. Brannigan

The Social Basis of Scientific Discoveries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780521281638
• ISBN-10: 0521281636
• Artikelnr.: 27065223

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Michael Mulkay
1. The topic of discovery and the concept of nature
2. Psychological accounts of discovery
3. A synthetic assessment of the psychological accounts
4. The emergence of a social model of discovery
5. Discovery as meaningful action
6. The law valid for Pisum and the reification of Mendal
7. Perspective, reflexivity and the apparent objectivity of discovery
8. Folk reasoning in theories about scientific discovery
9. Some sociological features of discovery
Notes
Bibliography
Index.