SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
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SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (ebook)

BARRY BARNES

$4,400.00
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Editorial:
ROUTLEDGE
Materia
SOCIOLOGIA
ISBN:
9781135029012
Páginas:
208
Formato:
Epublication content package
Idioma:
Inglés
DRM
Si

Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory centres on the problem of explaining the manifest variety and contrast in the beliefs about nature held in different groups and societies. The sociological interest of such beliefs is illustrated and a sociological perspective upon scientific change is developed.

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