Title | Determinants and Controls of Scientific Development [electronic resource] / edited by Karin D. Knorr, Hermann Strasser, Hans Georg Zilian |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1975 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1831-9 |
Descript | XV, 460 p. online resource |
Section A / After the Kuhnian Revolution: New Trends in Metascience -- Prescriptive Theory and the Social Sciences -- Components of Scientific Activities, Their Characteristics and Institutionalisation in Specialties and Research Areas: A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Scientific Developments -- On the Possibility of Objectivity and Moral Determinants in Scientific Change -- The Moral Limits of Scientific Research: An Evolutionary Approach -- Preserving Science: Virtuosity as Virtue -- Section B / Cognition and Communication in Science Development -- A Sociological Theory of Scientific Revolution -- The Social Function of Cognitive Structures: A Concept of the Scientific Community Within a Theory of Action -- The Nature of Scientific Consensus and the Case of the Social Sciences -- Images of the World and Societal Icons -- Section C / Societal Components in Scientific Development -- Measurable Aspects of the Concept of Scientific Career -- Scientists from Rich and Poor Countries -- The Autonomy of Science in Totalitarian Societies: The Case of Nazi Germany -- Philanthropic Foundations and the Production of Knowledge โ A Case Study -- Comment on David E. Morrisonโs Paper on Philanthropic Foundations and the Production of Knowledge โ A Case Study -- The Social Determinants of Reproduction Science and Technology -- Social Technologists and Social Emancipists: Factors in the Development of Sociology -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects