Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Tatsache

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*Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Tatsache* is Ludwik Fleck’s seminal 1935 work in the sociology and philosophy of science, in which he introduces the concepts of “thought collectives” and “thought styles” to explain how scientific facts are socially constructed and historically developed.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophy of science work ⓘ
sociology of science work ⓘ
academicDiscipline epistemology ⓘ
history of medicine ⓘ
author Ludwik Fleck ⓘ
caseStudy history of syphilis research ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Switzerland ⓘ
EnglishEditionPublisher University of Chicago Press ⓘ
EnglishEditionTitle Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact ⓘ
EnglishEditionTranslator Fred Bradley ⓘ
Thaddeus J. Trenn ⓘ
EnglishEditionYear 1979 ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
hasEnglishEdition Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact ⓘ
hasForm monograph ⓘ
impact considered a classic in science studies ⓘ
helped establish the social constructivist view of science ⓘ
influenced The Structure of Scientific Revolutions ⓘ
Thomas S. Kuhn ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Kuhn

constructivist epistemology ⓘ
sociology of scientific knowledge tradition ⓘ
introducesConcept Denkkollektiv ⓘ
Denkstil ⓘ
thought collective ⓘ
thought style ⓘ
keyConcept active and passive elements of thought ⓘ
circulation of ideas within a thought collective ⓘ
esoteric and exoteric circles of a thought collective ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainTopic history of science ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
sociology of scientific knowledge ⓘ
methodologicalApproach historical case study ⓘ
sociological analysis of science ⓘ
originalTitle Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Tatsache ⓘ
publicationYear 1935 ⓘ
publisher Benno Schwabe & Co. ⓘ
structure historical case studies and theoretical chapters ⓘ
subtitle Einführung in die Lehre vom Denkstil und Denkkollektiv ⓘ
theoreticalClaim perception and cognition are shaped by thought styles ⓘ
scientific facts are socially constructed ⓘ
scientific facts develop historically within thought collectives ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed early 20th century medicine ⓘ
late 19th century medicine ⓘ

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