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In-depth studies of the development of particular pieces of scientific knowledge form the hallmark of recent work in the sociology of science (1). Broadly informed by a relativist approach, the authors of such case studies have attempted to explain scientific development in a fully sociological manner. That is, the main explanatory weight is given to the social world rather than to the natural world.
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Pinch, T.J. (1981). Theoreticians and the Production of Experimental Anomaly: The Case of Solar Neutrinos. In: Knorr, K.D., Krohn, R., Whitley, R. (eds) The Social Process of Scientific Investigation. Sociology of the Sciences A Yearbook, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9109-5_4
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