On the Alleged Distinction Between Discourse and Praxis
Social Studies of SciencePublished 1 May 1986
Steve Woolgar
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Abstract
Recent criticisms of work in the social study of science depend upon a misconception of the strategic theoretical significance of the notion of `discourse'. This arises because the earlier continental sense of `discourse' has been `anglicized'. The constitutive epistemology of French post-structuralism, which presumes a congruence between discourse and praxis, has been neglected in favour of the realist concerns of empirical research in the Anglo-Saxon social study of science.
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Social SciencesArts and Humanities
Social Studies of ScienceDiscourse Analysis and Reflexivity
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