Discipline and Bounding: The History and Sociology of Science as Seen through the Externalism-Internalism Debate

1992/12/01 by Steven Shapin · 354 citations
Arts and Humanities · Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Bounding overwatch #Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice #Epistemology #Externalism #Historical sociology #History #Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration #Internalism and externalism #Philosophy #Philosophy and History of Science #Social science #Sociology

paper · open access · doi:10.1177/007327539203000401

published in History of Science 30(4), 333-369 (SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

History of Science

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