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(1995) Critical rationalism, metaphysics and science, Dordrecht, Springer.
The general question which I wish to raise is this: What sort of social arrangements best facilitate the growth of scientific knowledge? What I am looking for is a normative sociology of science, one that is based on a good philosophical analysis of the aims and methods of science. I call the approach I am taking "Popperian" partly because this term immediately connotes an emphasis on open, critical debate and also because my ideas about both science and society have been influenced by Popper's work.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0471-5_12
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Koertge, N. (1995)., Towards a Popperian sociology of science: the problem of credit, in I. C. Jarvie & N. Laor (eds.), Critical rationalism, metaphysics and science, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 193-210.
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