Laboratory Life: The Construction Of Scientific Facts

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As a graduate student, I have gradually acknowledged the hidden rules of practicing sciences that, unfortunately, has never disclosed themselves during the regular programs. This book demistifies science and its practioners in the field using scientific methodology. This book becomes my favorite text at the expanse of T. Kuhn.

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Latour, Bruno og Woolgar, Steve (1986 (1979)): Laboratory Life. The Contruction of Scientific Facts. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Innholdsfortegnelse med hyperlinker Innholdsfortegnelse med hyperlinker..........................................................................................1 Notat om layout........................................................................................................................... 2 Forside......................................................................................................................................... 3 Boken starter............................................................................................................................... 3 CONTENTS................................................................................................................................ 5 PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION...........................................................................................8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................................................................................ 9 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 1. FROM ORDER TO DISORDER............................................................................ 13 The Observer and the Scientist............................................................................................. 17 The Social and the Scientific: A Participant's Resource....................................................... 19 The Social and the Scientific: The Observer's Dilemma...................................................... 21 The "Anthropology" of Science............................................................................................ 25 The Construction of Order.................................................................................................... 30 Materials and Methods.......................................................................................................... 35 The Organisation of the Argument....................................................................................... 36 NOTES.................................................................................................................................. 38 Chapter 2. AN ANTHROPOLOGIST VISITS THE LABORATORY.................................... 38 Literary inscription................................................................................................................ 40 The Culture of the Laboratory.............................................................................................. 47 ARTICLES ABOUT NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY....................................................... 48 THE "PHENOMENOTECHNIQUE"............................................................................... 55 Documents and Facts............................................................................................................ 61 THE PUBLICATION LIST.............................................................................................. 64 STATEMENT TYPES...................................................................................................... 66 THE TRANSFORMATION OF STATEMENT TYPES................................................. 72 Conclusion............................................................................................................................ 77 NOTES........................