Relativism at 30,000 feet / by David Bloor -- Relativism : is it worth the candle? / by Trevor Pinch -- Who is the industrial scientist? : commentary from academic sociology and from the shop-floor in the United States, ca. 1900-ca. l970 / by Steven Shapin -- The meaning of hoaxes? / By Harry Collins -- Objectual practice / by Karin Knorr-Cetina -- Producing accounts : finitism, technology and rule-following / by Donald MacKenzie -- Power and legitimacy / by Mark Haugaard -- Barnes on the freedom of the will / by Martin Kusch -- Agency, responsibility and structure : understanding the migration of asylum seekers to Ireland / by Steven Loyal -- Against maladaptationism, or, What's wrong with evolutionary psychology? / by John Dupre.
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Investigating a theme first pioneered by Barry Barnes in the early 1970s, this volume explores the relationship between social order and legitimate knowledge and is intended as a tribute to Barnes' seminal role in the development of the discipline of science and technology studies (STS).
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Title
Knowledge as social order.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Barnes, Barry.
Barnes, Barry, 1943-
Barnes, Barry,1943-
Barnes, Barry.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Social structure.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.