Scientific Practice and Ordinary Action: Ethnomethodology and Social Studies of Science

by Michael Lynch

Philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science have grown increasingly interested in the daily practices of scientists. Recent studies have drawn linkages between scientific innovations and more ordinary procedures, craft skills, and sources of sponsorship. These studies dispute the idea that science is the application of a unified method or the outgrowth of a progressive history of ideas. The central purpose of this book is to explore the possibility of an empirical approach to the epistemic contents of science that avoids the pitfalls of scientism and foundationalism.

Genres: Sociology, Science

356 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1994

Reviews

[Anome]

I mainly bought this book because of a review on the back cover. I used it as a signature for a while. It's one of the most hilarious juxtapositions of seemingly randow terms I've ever seen.