Cultural Boundaries of Science

Cultural Boundaries of Science PDF Author: Thomas F. Gieryn
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226292618
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Book Description
This text argues that an explanation for the cultural authority of science lies where scientific claims leave laboratories and enter boardrooms and living rooms. Here, one uses "maps" to decide who to believe - cultural maps demarcating "science" from pseudoscience, ideology, faith, or nonsense.