Patterns of Knowledge Communities in the Social Sciences

Discusses knowledge communities and emphasizes the way that the epistemology of science influences scientific society. Topics include positivist and nonpositivist discourses; knowledge creation and organization; a sociological approach to knowledge communities; social epistemology and an epistemolog...

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Published inLibrary trends Vol. 45; no. 2; p. 204
Main Author Pahre, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.1996
Subjects
Discourse
Epistemology
Information Science
Knowledge Networks
Positivism
Sciences
Sociology
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Summary:Discusses knowledge communities and emphasizes the way that the epistemology of science influences scientific society. Topics include positivist and nonpositivist discourses; knowledge creation and organization; a sociological approach to knowledge communities; social epistemology and an epistemological sociology; and implications for information science. (Contains 81 references.) (Author/LRW)
ISSN:0024-2594