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... and anti‐realism. This chapter examines critically the position of the Edinburgh school (Bloor, Barnes). It is argued that the Strong Programme need not be in conflict with realism, but its radically nominalist doctrine of meaning finitism should be rejected. But Latour's social constructivism, if taken...

... having spent time with David Bloor for his forming a charitable attitude toward Bloor's intentions. Physics Today exchange between Mermin and Collins & Pinch in Barnes Barry methodological relativism realism Weinberg Steven epistemography Mirowski Philip present knowledge use of in history...

...This chapter takes up the final constructivist thesis: that our beliefs are never to be explained in terms of the evidence we have for them, but only in terms of our contingent needs and interests. It distinguishes between a strong version of this thesis, associated with David Bloor, and a weak...

... remain, and noting the many similarities with a more recent exchange had with Barry Barnes and David Bloor about their textbook Scientific Knowledge. The sociologist or historian clearly must distinguish what was known at the time under study from what is currently known. It is all too...

... the boundary scientists draw between science and pseudoscience, because far too much scientific knowledge would have to be thrown out to accommodate astrology with any plausibility. This same disposition appeared in David Bloor's reply to a review of Scientific Knowledge. In criticizing...

... that must always exceed its grasp. Archer’s dualistic theory of culture is found to construe discourse in an excessively abstract manner. In order to capture the causal impact of discourse the theory of ‘meaning finitism’ developed by David Bloor is deployed. This theory argues that discursive agreement...