Talk:Sociology of scientific knowledge

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Contents 1 Sokal Affair 2 ANT theorists 3 SSK is Strong Programme: article needs reworking 4 SSK and Sociology of Science

[edit] Sokal Affair

I'm not sure this is a fair example because Alan Sokal published his famous piece in an American journal called Social Text that didn't have much to do with SSK. Social text was more of a literary theory/cultural studies journal, but certainly not known for science studies. I suggest removing this section.--75.25.142.26 (talk) 04:15, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ANT theorists

I did make a few changes regarding whether the ANT theorists are to be included in the SSK-field. My view is that it should be kept separate since these theorists have diametrically different conceptions of ontology, and have also debated this widely. Instead I made a separate entry called "Criticism".

What about it? Christopher Kullenberg 20:46, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree - good correction. May I invite you to visit STS Wiki? This is a new site, very much in need of content development; it isn't intended to compete with, but rather to supplement, Wikipedia (guides to STS scholars, STS programs, etc.) Bryan 12:50, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Redirect page for Edinburgh School

Just to let you know I've changed this to a disambig page. HJMG 23:14, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SSK is Strong Programme: article needs reworking

In general STS use, if I am not mistaken, SSK is synonymous with the strong programme, or actually, these are part of the description of one approach, "Strong Programme in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge," that first emerged as the Edinburgh school.

SSK is not used generally to describe the field of sociology of science or STS. SSK is a subfield. Popper doesn't belong in this group. This article needs a rewrite, perhaps moving some material to the STS or other general science study page. Rubble 19:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SSK and Sociology of Science

so far, i think both are so close that this article could be merged into sociology of science. do you disagree? capi 04:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

yes i disagree, ssk is closer to sociology of knowledge than sociology of science. it is separate from that too, significantly different in its focus. --Buridan 13:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)