Mapping Ecologists' Ecologies of Knowledge
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1990:95 - 109 (1990)
| Abstract | Ecologists grapple with complex, changing situations. Historians, sociologists and philosophers studying the construction of science likewise attempt to account for (or discount) a wide variety of influences making up the scientists' "ecologies of knowledge." This paper introduces a graphic methodology, mapping, designed to assist researchers at both levels-in science and in science studies-to work with the complexity of their material. By analyzing the implications and limitations of mapping, I aim to contribute to an ecological approach to the philosophy of science. | |||||||||
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