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The Strong Program is the most controversial advocate of the cultural turn in sociology. Proposing that both "true" and "false" scientific theories should be treated the same way. Both are caused by social factors or conditions, such as cultural context and self-interest.
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In 1972 David Bloor obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh for his thesis "Speech and the regulation of behaviour." This becoming his first step in the scientific community. Creating the start to his impact on science especially in the sociology realm.
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- Causality: "Concern with the conditions that bring about belief or states of knowledge" (1).
- Impartiality: Unconcerned "with respect to truth and falsity, rationality or irrationality, success or failure" (1).
- Symmetry: "The same types of cause would explain … true or false beliefs" (1).
- Reflexivity: "In principle its patterns of explanation … have to be applicable to sociology itself" (1).
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This committee proposed that scientific knowledge could not, and should not, be exempted from sociological analysis. This is was prompted Bloor to write Wittgenstein's philosophy. Introducing the concept of finitism to further explain why all knowledge claims are constructed in a specific social frame.
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This book published by David Bloor concludes a wide rage of understanding and reporting empirical research through sociology. To include topics on quantitative and qualitative research methods, concepts and proposing new approaches, and methodological innovation and research process.
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- “Shibboleth Authentication Request.” Login.ezproxy1.Apus.edu, web-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook?sid=40378970-936e-42c3-9dba-f038f6edc8fb%40redis&vid=0&format=EB. Accessed 7 Aug. 2023. 2. Li, Zheng-Feng, et al. “Go Strong or Go Home: An Interview with David Bloor.” East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, Sept. 2010, pp. 419–32, https://doi.org/10.1215/s12280-010-9148-8. Accessed 16 Jan. 2023.
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