Patterns of knowledge communities in the social sciences.(Navigating Among the Disciplines: The Library and Interdisciplinary Inquiry)

From: Library Trends | Date: September 22, 1996| Author: Pahre, Robert | Copyright information

The epistemology of social sciences and the status of various discourses shape scientific communities. The best approach is a dialogue between the hybrid approaches of an epistemological sociology and social epistemology.

Abstract

The study, of science and scientific communities is dominated by philosophies and sociologists. These disciplines naturally take different approaches to the subject, the one epistemological and the other sociological. While recognizing th...

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