In: Controversies in sociology 8
In: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
In: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
In: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory Ser.
How far is scientific knowledge a product of social life? In addressing this question, the major contributors to the sociology of knowledge have agreed that the conclusions of science are dependent on social action only in a very special and limited sense. In Science and the Sociology of Knowledge Michael Mulkay's first aim is to identify the philosophical assumptions which have led to this view of science as special; and to present a systematic critique of the standard philosophical account of science, showing that there are no valid epistemological grounds for excluding scientific knowledge
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