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This essay contrasts two views of science that are popular in Science Studies: the realist-rationalist approach, and the socio-historical perspective, and calls for an integration of the best features of each. It discusses appeals to the theory-ladenness of observation and the undertermination of theories by evidence. It analyzes the historiographic program of relying on actor’s categories.
Keywords: science studies; sociology of science; underdetermination; theory-ladenness; actor’s categories; historiography
Chapter. 14777 words.
Subjects: Philosophy of Science
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