Science, rhetoric, and the sociology of knowledge: a critique of dascal’s view of scientific controversies

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Autor(a) principal: Rajagopalan, Kanavillil
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Manuscrito (Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8644573
Resumo: Dascal’s position on scientific controversies is submitted to a critical examination. It is pointed out that his distinction between knowledge and understanding, between ‘hard rationality’ and ‘soft rationality’ is unlikely to survive sustained critical probing. What is egregiously missing in his approach is a recognition of the role of so-called ‘sociology of knowledge’ in the way scientific controversies play out. It is argued that, insofar as they constitute pragmatic events, scientific controversies cannot be studied properly without taking into account their inalienable sociological dimension.
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title Science, rhetoric, and the sociology of knowledge: a critique of dascal’s view of scientific controversies
spellingShingle Science, rhetoric, and the sociology of knowledge: a critique of dascal’s view of scientific controversies
Rajagopalan, Kanavillil
Science
rhetoric
sociology of knowledge
coutroversies
rationality
speech acts
title_short Science, rhetoric, and the sociology of knowledge: a critique of dascal’s view of scientific controversies
title_full Science, rhetoric, and the sociology of knowledge: a critique of dascal’s view of scientific controversies
title_fullStr Science, rhetoric, and the sociology of knowledge: a critique of dascal’s view of scientific controversies
title_full_unstemmed Science, rhetoric, and the sociology of knowledge: a critique of dascal’s view of scientific controversies
title_sort Science, rhetoric, and the sociology of knowledge: a critique of dascal’s view of scientific controversies
author Rajagopalan, Kanavillil
author_facet Rajagopalan, Kanavillil
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rajagopalan, Kanavillil
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Science
rhetoric
sociology of knowledge
coutroversies
rationality
speech acts
topic Science
rhetoric
sociology of knowledge
coutroversies
rationality
speech acts
description Dascal’s position on scientific controversies is submitted to a critical examination. It is pointed out that his distinction between knowledge and understanding, between ‘hard rationality’ and ‘soft rationality’ is unlikely to survive sustained critical probing. What is egregiously missing in his approach is a recognition of the role of so-called ‘sociology of knowledge’ in the way scientific controversies play out. It is argued that, insofar as they constitute pragmatic events, scientific controversies cannot be studied properly without taking into account their inalienable sociological dimension.
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