Sociology of the history of science

Pharmacy room of the Basque Museum of the History of Medicine and Science, Spain.
Pharmacy room of the Basque Museum of the History of Medicine and Science, Spain

The sociology of the history of science—related to sociology and philosophy of science, as well as the entire field of science studies—has in the 20th century been occupied with the question of large-scale patterns and trends in the development of science, and asking questions about how science "works" both in a philosophical and practical sense.


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