SPECIFICITY OF EPISTEMOLOGICAL PROGRAMS IN SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE: SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSIONS
Nadezhda Valer'evna Nikolina
Tomsk State University, 36, Lenina st., Tomsk, 634050, Russia
Keywords: constructivism, relativism, discourse analysis, methodology, sociology of science
Abstract
The article considers a scientific discussion developed in relation to the criticism of epistemological programs in modern sociology of science: relativism (H. Collins), constructivism (K. Knorr-Cetina, R. Krohn) and discourse analysis (M. Mulkay, G.N. Gilbert). The discussion between Th. Gieryn, H. Collins, M. Mulkay, G.N. Gilbert, K. Knorr-Cetina and R. Crohn organized in the form of reply articles in a scientific journal is presented. In responding to criticism, the authors focus not on certain studies, but on the key features of the program methodology, which makes it possible to analyze the specific character of modern programs of the sociology of science.
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