The Social Dimensions of Science (Studies in Science and the Humanities from the Reilly Center for Science, tEchnology, and Values, Vol 3)

Introduction : The Social Dimensions Of Science / Ernan Mcmullin -- Peirce On The Social And Historical Dimensions Of Science / C.f. Delaney -- The Origins Of Mannheim's Sociology Of Knowledge / Fritz Ringer -- Social Thought And Social Action / Martin Hollis -- Good Science As Bad History : From Order Of Knowing To Order Of Being / Thomas Nickles -- Statistical Language, Statistical Truth And Statistical Reason : The Self-authentification Of A Style Of Scientific Reasoning / Ian Hacking -- Practical Reason And The Construction Of Knowledge : The Lifeworld Of Haber-bosch / Timothy Lenoir -- Essential Tensions-- Phase Two : Feminist, Philosophical, And Social Studies Of Science / Helen E. Longino -- The Ballad Of Pons And Fleischmann : Experiment And Narrative In The (un)making Of Cold Fusion / Thomas F. Gieryn -- Authority, Deference, And The Role Of Individual Reason / Philip Kitcher -- One More Turn After The Social Turn / Bruno Latour. Ernan Mcmullin, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.