2015•Journal of Changsha University of Science & TechnologyRequires access

Evolution of SSK in the View of Realism

Lei Huan-ji

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The social constructivism philosophy of science includes a variety of theories and thoughts,with Sociology of Scientific Knowledge(SSK)as its main representative.Through the rebellion against Merton's tradition of STS,SSK established the basic point that scientific knowledge is socially constructed,and intend to do internal sociological research on scientific knowledge.However,Bloor's ontological realism and cognitive constructivism theory has caught in relativism dilemma which cannot guarantee its scientific validity.Latour's Actor Network Theory(ANT)wants to solve it by theoretical anti-realism and practical realism.Effectiveness of science is ensured by practice,and the transformation in thinking from representation to practice is the theoretical route from SSK to post-SSK from the perspective of realism.

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Key concepts: Epistemology, Relativism, Philosophical realism, Scientific realism, Realism, Constructivism (international relations), Philosophy of science, Social constructivism