The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK)

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The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK) SOC3061 - Lecture 04 The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge (SSK)

David Bloor, Barry Barnes (The Edinburgh School) Knowledge as a natural phenomenon “Knowledge” = collectively endorsed beliefs SSK focuses on the distribution of knowledge (how it is produced, transmitted, criticised, etc.) Against the view that rational beliefs are self-explanatory

A theory of knowledge that is: Concrete (vs. formal, abstract) Naturalistic (vs. normative) Communitarian (vs. methodological individualism) Knowledge as a collective possession of a society or a group within a society. It is transmitted as part of their tradition and sustained by their collective authority. The creation of knowledge and its use is not understandable in abstract logical terms but rather in relation to the practices of specific actors in specific contexts.

“The Strong Programme” (Bloor, 1976) 1. CAUSALITY: causes of belief, social and non-social 2. IMPARTIALITY: both true and false, rational and irrational beliefs require an explanation 3. SYMMETRY: in the style of explanation of both true and false beliefs (same type of causes) 4. REFLEXIVITY: the same kind of explanation is applicable to SSK itself.

Relativism = all beliefs are equal with repect to the causes of their credibility. These causes are specific, local, contingent. Truth = not an explanatory notion. True/false, rational/irrational = context-bound evaluation, internal to a cultural system. Evidence = means something only within a context of assumptions

Systems of classification Concept application The SSK is built upon a “finitist” approach to the theory of meaning: every instance of concept application, in our everyday life as in science, is essentially contingent and context-bound.