The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies Future Research Di
This book analyzes future directions in the study of expertise and experience with the aim of engendering more critical discourse on the general discipline of science and technology studies. In 2002, Collins and Evans published an article entitled “The Th
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The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies
David S. Caudill • Shannon N. Conley Michael E. Gorman • Martin Weinel Editors
The Third Wave in Science and Technology Studies Future Research Directions on Expertise and Experience
Editors David S. Caudill Villanova University Villanova, PA, USA
Shannon N. Conley James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA, USA
Michael E. Gorman University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, USA
Martin Weinel Cardiff University Cardiff, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-14334-3 ISBN 978-3-030-14335-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14335-0 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
I’ve spent 40 or more years studying the sociology of gravitational waves, culminating in the acclaimed detection of September 14, 2015. For nearly all of that time, gravitational wave detection was an orphan subject thought by most scientists to be a huge waste of money because of the craziness of the ambition and the near impossibility of success. The sweetness of the eventual success was hugely enhanced by this history of scorn. What we are engaged in here, in this volume, is not the discovery of gravitational waves, but it has in common the initial rejection followed by growing success. The language of the “Third Wave” began in what Rob Evans and I thought was a modest little paper1 suggesting that a way out of the logical difficulty of making judgments of competence, from within a social constructivist framework, was to turn attention from the construction of truth to the analysis of expertise: the acquisition of expertise could be observed even if truth was always made
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