S. Barry Barnes is a Professor of
SociologySociology is the scientific or systematic study of human societies. It is a branch of social science that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure and activity, often with the goal of applying such...
at the
University of ExeterThe University of Exeter is a university in the South West of England. Most of its activities are located in the city of Exeter, Devon, where it is the principal higher education institution...
. Barnes worked at the 'Science Studies Unit' at the
University of EdinburghThe University of Edinburgh founded in 1582, is an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It is the sixth university to be established in the British Isles, making it one of the ancient universities of the United Kingdom.The university is amongst the...
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David BloorDavid Bloor is a professor in, and a former director of, the at the University of Edinburgh .He started his academic career in philosophy and psychology. In the 1970s he and Barry Barnes were major figure of the strong programme, which put forward queries against philosophical a priorism in the...
in the 1980s and early 1990s, where they developed the
strong programmeThe strong programme or Strong Sociology is a variety of the sociology of scientific knowledge particularly associated with David Bloor, Barry Barnes, Harry Collins, Donald A. MacKenzie, and John Henry. The strong programme's influence on Science and Technology Studies is credited as being...
in the
Sociology of Scientific KnowledgeThe sociology of scientific knowledge involves the study of science as a social activity, especially dealing "with the social conditions and effects of science, and with the social structures and processes of scientific activity." It consists of studying the development of a scientific field and...
. Then he moved to build and preside in sociology department in Exeter from 1992 on. Barnes was known for his relativistic perspective in regarding the unit of science as a form of culture among variety of cultures in human lifeworld.
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S. Barry Barnes is a Professor of
SociologySociology is the scientific or systematic study of human societies. It is a branch of social science that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure and activity, often with the goal of applying such...
at the
University of ExeterThe University of Exeter is a university in the South West of England. Most of its activities are located in the city of Exeter, Devon, where it is the principal higher education institution...
. Barnes worked at the 'Science Studies Unit' at the
University of EdinburghThe University of Edinburgh founded in 1582, is an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It is the sixth university to be established in the British Isles, making it one of the ancient universities of the United Kingdom.The university is amongst the...
with
David BloorDavid Bloor is a professor in, and a former director of, the at the University of Edinburgh .He started his academic career in philosophy and psychology. In the 1970s he and Barry Barnes were major figure of the strong programme, which put forward queries against philosophical a priorism in the...
in the 1980s and early 1990s, where they developed the
strong programmeThe strong programme or Strong Sociology is a variety of the sociology of scientific knowledge particularly associated with David Bloor, Barry Barnes, Harry Collins, Donald A. MacKenzie, and John Henry. The strong programme's influence on Science and Technology Studies is credited as being...
in the
Sociology of Scientific KnowledgeThe sociology of scientific knowledge involves the study of science as a social activity, especially dealing "with the social conditions and effects of science, and with the social structures and processes of scientific activity." It consists of studying the development of a scientific field and...
. Then he moved to build and preside in sociology department in Exeter from 1992 on. Barnes was known for his relativistic perspective in regarding the unit of science as a form of culture among variety of cultures in human lifeworld. This opinion was elaborated in his major work:
scientic knowledge and sociological theory
Main works
- Interests and the growth of knowledge, London ; Boston : Routledge and K. Paul, 1977.
- with Steven Shapin
Steven Shapin is a historian and sociologist of science. He is currently the Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University...
(ed.), Natural order : historical studies of scientific culture, Beverly Hills, Calif ; London : Sage Publications, 1979.
- with David Edge (ed.), Science in context : readings in the sociology of science, Milton Keynes : Open University Press, 1982.
- About science, Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1985.
- The Nature of power, Cambridge : Polity, 1988.
- Grays Thurrock district : a pictorial history, Chichester : Phillimore, 1988 ; 1991.
- The Elements of social theory, London : UCL Press, 1995.
- with David Bloor & John Henry
John Henry is a Historian of Science in the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh associated with the Strong Programme.He has written books and articles on numerous topics in the history of sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth century science including books on the work of Francis...
, Scientific knowledge : a sociological analysis, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
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