id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1518 Sociology of scientific knowledge - Wikipedia .html text/html 2630 423 44 The sociology of scientific knowledge in its Anglophone versions emerged in the 1970s in self-conscious opposition to the sociology of science associated with the American Robert K. Merton's was a kind of "sociology of scientists," which left the cognitive content of science out of sociological account; SSK by contrast aimed at providing sociological explanations of scientific ideas themselves, taking its lead from aspects of the work of Thomas S. The strong programme is particularly associated with the work of two groups: the 'Edinburgh School' (David Bloor, Barry Barnes, and their colleagues at the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh) in the 1970s and '80s, and the 'Bath School' (Harry Collins and others at the University of Bath) in the same period. SSK has received criticism from theorists of the actor-network theory (ANT) school of science and technology studies. Science studies – interdisciplinarity research area that seeks to situate scientific expertise in broad social, historical, and philosophical contexts Sociology of scientific ignorance – Study of ignorance in science ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1518.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1518.txt