Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory (Hardcover, 1st)

Chapter 1 The diversity of beliefs about nature and the problem of explaining it; Chapter 2 The sociologist and the concept of rationality; Chapter 3 The culture of the natural sciences; Chapter 4 Belief, action and determinism: the causal explanation of scientific change; Chapter 5 ‘Internal’ and ‘external’ factors in the history of science ; Chapter 6 Science and ideology; Epilogue; Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Author Index; Subject Index;