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Cultural Boundaries of Science
Credibility on the Line
Taschenbuch von Thomas F. Gieryn
Sprache: Englisch

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Why is science so credible? Usual answers center on scientists' objective methods or their powerful instruments. In his new book, Thomas Gieryn argues that a better explanation for the cultural authority of science lies downstream, when scientific claims leave laboratories and enter courtrooms, boardrooms, and living rooms. On such occasions, we use "maps" to decide who to believe--cultural maps demarcating "science" from pseudoscience, ideology, faith, or nonsense.
Gieryn looks at episodes of boundary-work: Was phrenology good science? How about cold fusion? Is social science really scientific? Is organic farming? After centuries of disputes like these, Gieryn finds no stable criteria that absolutely distinguish science from non-science. Science remains a pliable cultural space, flexibly reshaped to claim credibility for some beliefs while denying it to others. In a timely epilogue, Gieryn finds this same controversy at the heart of the raging "science wars."
Why is science so credible? Usual answers center on scientists' objective methods or their powerful instruments. In his new book, Thomas Gieryn argues that a better explanation for the cultural authority of science lies downstream, when scientific claims leave laboratories and enter courtrooms, boardrooms, and living rooms. On such occasions, we use "maps" to decide who to believe--cultural maps demarcating "science" from pseudoscience, ideology, faith, or nonsense.
Gieryn looks at episodes of boundary-work: Was phrenology good science? How about cold fusion? Is social science really scientific? Is organic farming? After centuries of disputes like these, Gieryn finds no stable criteria that absolutely distinguish science from non-science. Science remains a pliable cultural space, flexibly reshaped to claim credibility for some beliefs while denying it to others. In a timely epilogue, Gieryn finds this same controversy at the heart of the raging "science wars."
Über den Autor
Thomas F. Gieryn is the Rudy Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 412
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226292625
ISBN-10: 0226292622
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gieryn, Thomas F.
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Maße: 228 x 153 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas F. Gieryn
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.01.1999
Gewicht: 0,567 kg
preigu-id: 106883112
Über den Autor
Thomas F. Gieryn is the Rudy Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 412
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226292625
ISBN-10: 0226292622
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gieryn, Thomas F.
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Maße: 228 x 153 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas F. Gieryn
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.01.1999
Gewicht: 0,567 kg
preigu-id: 106883112
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