The One Culture?: A Conversation about Science

In 'the One Culture?', Jay A. Labinger And Harry Collins Have Gathered Together Some Of The World's Foremost Scientists And Sociologists Of Science To Exchange Opinions And Ideas Rather Than Insults. The Contributors Find Surprising Areas Of Broad Agreement In A Genuine Conversation About Science, Its Legitimacy And Authority As A Means Of Understanding The World, And Whether Science Studies Undermines The Practice And Findings Of Science And Scientists. -- Another Visit To Epistemography / Peter Dear -- Let's Not Get Too Agreeable / Jay A. Labinger -- Causality, Grammar, And Working Philosophies: Some Final Comments / Michael Lynch -- Readings And Misreadings / N. David Mermin -- Peace For Whom And On Whose Terms? / Trevor Pinch -- Pilgrims' Progress / Peter R. Saulson -- Historiographical Uses Of Scientific Knowledge / Steven Weinberg -- Beyond Social Construction / Kenneth G. Wilson, Constance K. Barsky. Edited By Jay A. Labinger And Harry Collins. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 303-315) And Index.