Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index.
Foreword: Toward a Sociology of Scientific Validity / Donald T. Campbell -- Ch. 1. Scientific Consensus as a Sociological Problem -- Ch. 2. The Biometry-Mendelism Controversy Revisited -- Ch. 3. Natural Selection and the Background of the Controversy -- Ch. 4. Controversy over Heredity in Mice: The Conversion of the Three Paradigm Articulators -- Ch. 5. Consensus on the Mendelian Explanation of Alternative Inheritance -- Ch. 6. The Watershed of the Controversy: Wilhelm Johannsen's Genotype Theory and the Formation of New Allies -- Ch. 7. The Emergence of Consensus on the Multiple-Factor Theory and the Effectiveness of Selection -- Ch. 8. Conclusion: Language and Representation in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge -- Commentary: Sociology of Science, Sociology of Knowledge, and Scientific Consensus / Robert Olby -- Commentary: Challenging Current Sociology of Scientific Knowledge / Nils Roll-Hansen.