The Social Process of Scientific Investigation
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SOCIOLOGY OF THE SCIENCES A YEARBOOK
Editorial Board: G. Bohme, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt N. Elias, University of Bielefeld Y. Elkana, The Van Leer Jerusalem Foundation, Jerusalem L. Graham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology R. Krohn,McGill University, Montreal W. Lepenies, Free University of Berlin H. Martins, University of Oxford E. Mendelsohn, Harvard University H. Nowotny, European Centre for Social Welfare Training and Research, Vienna H. Rose, University of Bradford Claire Salomon-Bayet, University ofParis P. Weingart, University of Bielefeld R. D. Whitley, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Managing Editor: R. D. Whitley
VOLUME IV - 1980
THE SOCIAL PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION Edited by KARIN D. KNORR University of Pennsylvania, U.SA.
ROGER KROHN McGill University, Canada
and
RICHARD WHITLEY Manchester Business School, University ofManchester, England
D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT: HOLLAND / BOSTON: U.S.A. LONDON: ENGLAND
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: The Social process of scientific investigation. (Sociology of the sciences ; v. 4) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Science-Methodology - Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Science-Social aspects-Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Knorr, Karin D., 1944II. Krohn, Roger G., 1931III. Whitley, Richard. IV. Series. 80-22279 QCI75.3.S64 507'.2 ISBN-13: 978-90-277-1175-5 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-9109-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-9109-5
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T ABLE OF CONTENTS
vii
Introduction
xxvii
Contributors to this Volume PART I Discovery Accounts MARC DE MEY - The Interaction between Theory and Data in
Science
3
KARIN D. KNORR - The Scientist as an Analogical Reasoner: A
Critique of the Metaphor Theory of Innovation
25
B. LATOUR - Is it Possible to Reconstruct the Research Process?
Sociology of a Brain Peptide
53
PART II Discovery Acceptance T. J. PINCH - Theoreticians and the Production of Experimental
Anomaly: The Case of Solar Neutrinos
77
ANDREW PICKERING - The Role of Interests in High-Energy
Physics: The Choice between Charm and Colour The Effects of Social Context on the Process of Scientific Investigation: Experimental Tests of Quantum Mechanics DAVID TRAVIS
