Article ID: CBB000076769

Placing the view from nowhere: Historical and sociological problems in the location of science (1998)

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Description “Over the past two decades broadly geographical sensibilities have become prominent in the academic study of science. An account is given of tensions in science studies between transcendentalist conceptions of truth and emerging localist perspectives on the making, meaning, and evaluation of scientific knowledge.”


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Authors & Contributors
Woolgar, Steve
Stengers, Isabelle
Stehr, Nico
Mofrad, S. Z.
Milić, Vojin
Meja, Volker
Journals
Social Studies of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Social Science Information
Social Research
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
British Journal of Sociology
Publishers
Sage
Leeds University (UK)
Transaction Books
Suhrkamp
Reidel
Presses Universitaires de France
Concepts
Science
Sociology of knowledge
Biological pest control
People
Nicholas, John M.
McMullin, Ernan
Lugg, Andrew
Laudan, Larry
Jarvie, Ian C.
Gaston, Jerry
Time Periods
20th century
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