Chapter One. The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, Phenomenology, and the Problem of the External World
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4 juillet 2018
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1. Introduction A leading contributor to the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK), Harry Collins, invites us to consider the following parable. A scientist, a philosopher, a sociologist of scientific knowledge and a science warrior are aloft in a balloon. The balloon begins to deflate. The scientist says: ‘A micro-meteorite might have punctured the envelope — do we have any sticky tape?’ The philosopher says: ‘My inductive propensities convince me that if the balloon deflates we will fall ...