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Sociological Perspectives on Scientific Knowledge A Theoretical Study in the Field of Sociology of Knowledge

open access: diamondZanco Journal of Humanity Sciences, 2021
Since the second half of the twentieth century, science as a kind of knowledge, as well as a social institution, became the subject of research from a sociological point of view, and especially through the sociology of knowledge.
Abdulsamih Muhammed Rahman
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Here and Everywhere: Sociology of Scientific Knowledge [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Sociology, 1995
The sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) is one of the profession’s most marginal specialties, yet its objects of inquiry, its modes of inquiry, and certain of its findings have very substantial bearing upon the nature and scope of the sociological enterprise in general.
Shapin, Steven
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Darwin, Social Theory, and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge

open access: hybridZygon, 1999
This essay considers ways in which Darwin's account of natural processes was influenced by economic, ethical, and natural‐theological theories in his own day.
Nancey Murphy
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Interests, folk psychology and the sociology of scientific knowledge

open access: goldPhilosophical Explorations, 2004
This paper provides a conceptual analysis of the notion of interests as it is used in the social studies of science. After describing the theoretical background behind the Strong Program’s adoption of the concept of interest, the paper outlines a reconstruction of the everyday notion of interest and argues that the same notion is used also by the ...
Petri Ylikoski
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Self-presentation of sociology in scientific knowledge

open access: diamondMoscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science, 2016
Agamali Mamedov
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A Critical Review of The Sociology of Knowledge of Karl Mannheim [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی, 2021
This paper is a critical review of the book, The Sociology of Knowledge of Karl Mannheim, written by M. Ashtiani. The main aim of this attempt is to acquire a more acute understanding of the subject matter of sociology of knowledge and to emphasize the ...
Farhang Ershad
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Knowledge as a Cultural Product: From the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge to the Cultural Studies of Science [PDF]

open access: yesTaḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān, 2014
The main characteristic (feature) of the sociology of knowledge and science is its emphasis on the culture and cultural analysis within the scientific and technological research.
Ali Rabbani, Zahra Maher
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