The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts: or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology might Benefit Each Other

Pinch, Trevor; E. Bijker, Wiebe

doi:10.1177/030631284014003004

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The Social Construction of Facts and Artefacts: or How the Sociology of Science and the Sociology of Technology might Benefit Each Other

Published in Social Studies of Science • Aug 1, 1984

Authors:

Trevor Pinch

Wiebe E. Bijker

Abstract

The need for an integrated social constructivist approach towards the study of science and technology is outlined. Within such a programme both scientific facts and technological artefacts are to be understood as social constructs. Literature on the sociology of science, the science-technology relat...

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Sociology

Sociology of scientific knowledge

Epistemology

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