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