As the science of practice and culture

Author: Pickering
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: In Western academia, the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) dominates the main battlefield of scientific research, with its focal point being whether science should be analyzed as knowledge or as practice. The latter analysis is known as the "practice turn" within SSK, also referred to as "post-empirical research in the philosophy of science." This book is a landmark work representing this turn. It not only summarizes the various analytical perspectives, approaches, and methods of this turn but also outlines the intense debates it has sparked within SSK. Additionally, it poses serious challenges to the normative concepts of rationality, objectivity, and truth in traditional philosophy of science. The authors of this book are mostly leading figures in the various schools of "ScienceStudies." The book is highly informative and has significantly guided subsequent "ScienceStudies," making it one of the most frequently cited works in related research today.