David Bloor

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  • Birth

    Birth

    David Bloor is a British Philosopher born in Derby, United Kingdom 1942
  • Awarded PhD

    Awarded PhD

    For his thesis "Speech and the regulation of behaviour" David Bloor was awarded PhD by University of Edinburgh in 1972 (Wikipedia). References:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bloor Accessed December 08, 2018

  • Knowledge and Social Imaginary

    David Bloor published his book Knowledge and Social Imagery, in 1976, which made him widely known in the scientific community (Liz, Zheng-Feng, et al). Reference:
    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, Springer Netherlands, Sept. 2010, pp. 419–32, doi:10.1007/s12280-010-9148-8.
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    Author and Co- author contributions

    David Bloor has also written numerous other books important to society and social studies such as "Wittgenstein: A Social Theory of Knowledge" in 1983, and recently published the second edition of Wittgenstein's later philosophy "Wittgenstein: Rules and Institutions" in 1997 (http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff)
    He also coauthored multiple books including Barry Barns' "Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis" in 1996.

  • References

    References:
    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, Springer Netherlands, Sept. 2010, pp. 419–32, doi:10.1007/s12280-010-9148-8. http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/science_technology_and_innovation_studies/bloor_david Accessed December 08, 2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bloor Accessed December 08, 2018