Abandoning Preconceptions
Reply to Bloor and Barnes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11924430 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N David Mermin (Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Cornell University, Clark Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501, USA; fax: +1 607 255 6428;, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 641-647 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Studies of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030631298028004007 |
| OpenAlex | W2113799102 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
I am encouraged that David Bloor often finds me making virtually the same claims as BBH,1 but under the impression that we deeply disagree. Much recent controversy stems from an incommensurability of languages and conventions in fields of inquiry that have developed in isolation from each other. Exchanges like this, which make us focus on how each misreads the other, can clear away distracting misunderstanding, revealing a core of genuine issues, which we can reasonably and pace the pessimism of Barry Barnes even usefully discuss
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| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2015 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |