Inventions in Sociology: Studies in Science and Society 2nd Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9789811681707,9789811681691,9811681708,9811681694

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• ISBN-10: 9811681708
• ISBN-13: 9789811681707
• Author: Sal Restivo
  

This book presents a collection of old and new essays exploring the author’s unique contributions to the sociology of science, mathematics, logic, robotics, brain, and god. Known for his defense of a strong social constructionist approach to the hard problems in the sociology of science, the power and range of Restivo’s interests and studies are discussed in this unique text. The essays range from his introduction of the sociology of objectivity early in his career to his recent construction of a social brain paradigm. The author situates himself in the context of the leading paradigms in science studies and his relationships with leading figures in the field including Latour, Woolgar, Needham, and D.T. Campbell. The book demonstrates a general theoretical focus on the rejection of transcendence. He rejects Platonism in mathematics and socially situates consciousness, genius, and God. The author’s wide ranging interdisciplinary competencies reflect classical and postmodern influences and will be an invaluable reference for researchers working in this field.

Table contents:

1. Paradigms and Programmes

2. Give Me a Laboratory and I Will Rewrite Science

3. Inside a Scientific Laboratory: An Ethnography of Scientific Practice

4. The Invention of Science: An Orientalist Perspective

5. The Sociology of Objectivity

6. Social Construction: The Fundamental Theorem

7. Wild Men and Winnowers: Donald T. Campbell

8. Cavaliers & Pointillists: Steve Woolgar

9. Surely, You’re Joking, Bruno Latour?

10. Science East & West: Joseph Needham

11. Dangerous Abstractions: STS and the Unabomber

12. The Yin and Yang of Scientific Practice: Philosophers and Sociologists

13. Requiem for Plato: The Sociology of Mathematics

14. Your Social Brain: Searching for Mind and Consciousness in John Wayne’s America

15. Romancing & Dancing With Robots

16. Sustainable Journeys: Daedalus, Icarus, Tantalus and the Future of Science and the World

17. Post-truthism: An Era or an Intellectual Strategy?

18. Conclusion: Paradigm for the Sociology of Knowledge

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