Cultural Boundaries of Science
Cultural Boundaries of Science Why is science so credible? In his new book, Thomas Gieryn argues that a better explanation for the cultural authority of science lies downstream, when scientific…
Specifikacia Cultural Boundaries of Science
Cultural Boundaries of Science
Why is science so credible? In his new book, Thomas Gieryn argues that a better explanation for the cultural authority of science lies downstream, when scientific claims leave laboratories and enter courtrooms, boardrooms, and living rooms. Usual answers center on scientists' objective methods or their powerful instruments.
How about cold fusion? On such occasions, we use maps to decide who to believe--cultural maps demarcating science from pseudoscience, ideology, faith, or nonsense.Gieryn looks at episodes of boundary-work: Was phrenology good science? Is social science really scientific?
Is organic farming? After centuries of disputes like these, Gieryn finds no stable criteria that absolutely distinguish science from non-science. Science remains a pliable cultural space, flexibly reshaped to claim credibility for some beliefs while denying it to others.
In a timely epilogue,
Cultural Boundaries of Science
Boundaries of EU Englargement
The Book of Boundaries
Science of Science
Boundaries of Clan and Color
Textbook of Cultural Economics
Cultural History of Tarot
Cultural Study of Law