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that makes similar proposals. In contrast to the Edinburgh School, which emphasizes historical approaches, the Bath School emphasizes microsocial studies of laboratories and experiments. The Bath school, however, does depart from the strong programme on some fundamental issues. In the
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The strong programme is a reaction against "weak" sociologies of science, which restricted the application of sociology to "failed" or "false" theories, such as
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and norm-circularity – provided by Strong Programme proponents for their relativism. It has also been argued that the strong programme has incited
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In order to study scientific knowledge from a sociological point of view, the strong programme has adhered to a form of radical
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The social construction of technological systems: New directions in the sociology and history of technology
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The social construction of technological systems: New directions in the sociology and history of technology
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Latour, B. (1999). "For David Bloor and Beyond ... a reply to David Bloor's 'Anti-Latour',"
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should be treated the same way. Both are caused by social factors or conditions, such as
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As formulated by David Bloor, the strong programme has four indispensable components:
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Harry M. Collins, "Introduction: Stages in the empirical programme of relativism."
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Barnes, B. (1987). 'Concept Application as Social Activity', Critica 19: 19–44.
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Barnes, B. (1992). "Realism, relativism and finitism". Pp. 131–147 in
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Because the strong programme originated at the 'Science Studies Unit,'
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Donald MacKenzie, "Notes on the science and social relations debate."
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Historical sociologist Simon Schaffer is interviewed on SSK
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David Bloor, "The strengths of the strong programme."
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Strong Programme

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sociology of scientific knowledge
David Bloor
Barry Barnes
Harry Collins
Donald A. MacKenzie
science and technology studies
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scientific community
paradigm
phrenology
biases
scientific theories
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Causality
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Edinburgh School
Harry Collins

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