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Strong programme

The strong programme or strong sociology is a variety of the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) particularly associated with David Bloor, Barry Barnes, Harry Collins, Donald A. MacKenzie, and John Henry. The strong programme's influence on science and technology studies is credited as being unparalleled. The largely Edinburgh-based school of thought…

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Strong programme

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related to Bibliography · 65
Strong programme → About Science, An, Anti-Latour, Archived, Barnes, Barry, Beyond, Bijker, Blackwell, Bloor, Bruno, Cambridge University Press, Chicago, Chicago Press, Cognitive Relativism, Collins, Concept Application, Critica, David Bloor's, Diederick
related to Criticism · 17
Strong programme → Bricmont's, Ch3, Deleuze, Fashionable Nonsense, Feyerabend, In, In Sokal, Irigaray, Jean Bricmont, Kristeva, Lacan, Latour, Marxist, Physicists Alan Sokal, Strong Program, They, To
related to history · 17
Strong programme → Bath School, Because, Collins, Dutch, Edinburgh, Edinburgh School, Harry Collins, However, In, Science Studies Unit, SCOT, SSK-influenced, The Bath, There, Trevor Pinch, University, Wiebe Bijker
related to External links · 13
Strong programme → Actor-Network Theory, Appendix, Bruno Latour, David Bloor, Knowledge, Science Studies, Simon Schaffer, Sociology, SSKHistorical, SSKStrong Programme, Steven Shapin, STS WikiWTMC WikiHistorical, The Debate
related to Characteristics · 6
Strong programme → As, Causality, David Bloor, Impartiality, Reflexivity, Symmetry
is a · 1
Strong programme → reaction against

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Strong programmerelated to BibliographyBarnes0.60section
Strong programmerelated to BibliographyInterests0.60section
Strong programmerelated to BibliographyGrowth0.60section
Strong programmerelated to BibliographyKnowledge0.60section
Strong programmerelated to BibliographyLondon0.60section
Strong programmerelated to BibliographyRoutledge0.60section

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