Opening Pandora's Box: A Sociological Analysis of Scientists' Discourse - Couverture rigide

Gilbert, G. Nigel; Mulkay, Michael

 
9780521254182: Opening Pandora's Box: A Sociological Analysis of Scientists' Discourse
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521254183 ISBN 13 : 9780521254182
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1984

Synopsis

This book proposes a fresh approach to sociological analysis and, in particular, to the analysis of scientific culture. It moves away from previous studies, which have tended to focus on scientists' actions and beliefs to show that analysis of scientific discourse can be productive and revealing. The book demonstrates that scientists produce varying accounts of their actions and beliefs in different social situations. Rather than attempting to extract one coherent interpretation from these diverse accounts, the study identifies two basic scientific repertoires and shows how scientists use them to create their discourse. This provides a point of departure for more complex analytical topics. Discourse analysis is applied to show how different degrees of 'consensus' can be ascribed to the same group of scientists at a given moment in time through the application of standard interpretive techniques. Finally, discourse analysis is used to explore scientists' humour, a neglected topic that is shown to provide important insights into the normally hidden interpretive regularities which underlie the cultural diversity of science.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book proposes a fresh approach to sociological analysis and, in particular, to the analysis of scientific culture. It moves away from previous studies, which have tended to focus on scientists' actions and beliefs to show that analysis of scientific discourse can be productive and revealing. The book demonstrates that scientists produce varying accounts of their actions and beliefs in different social situations. Rather than attempting to extract one coherent interpretation from these diverse accounts, the study identifies two basic scientific repertoires and shows how scientists use them to create their discourse. This provides a point of departure for more complex analytical topics. Discourse analysis is applied to show how different degrees of 'consensus' can be ascribed to the same group of scientists at a given moment in time through the application of standard interpretive techniques. Finally, discourse analysis is used to explore scientists' humour, a neglected topic that is shown to provide important insights into the normally hidden interpretive regularities which underlie the cultural diversity of science.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1984
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521254183
ISBN 13 
9780521254182
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
210
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780521274302: Opening Pandora's Box: A Sociological Analysis of Scientists' Discourse

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521274303 ISBN 13 :  9780521274302
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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