Changing Order

Replication and Induction in Scientific Practice

By: Harry Collins

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Paperback | 15 June 1992 | Edition Number 1

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This fascinating study in the sociology of science explores the way scientists conduct, and draw conclusions from, their experiments. The book is organized around three case studies: replication of the TEA-laser, detecting gravitational rotation, and some experiments in the paranormal.

"In his superb book, Collins shows why the quest for certainty is disappointed. He shows that standards of replication are, of course, social, and that there is consequently no outside standard, no Archimedean point beyond society from which we can lever the intellects of our fellows."—Donald M. McCloskey, Journal of Economic Psychology

"Collins is one of the genuine innovators of the sociology of scientific knowledge. . . . Changing Order is a rich and entertaining book."—Isis

"The book gives a vivid sense of the contingent nature of research and is generally a good read."—Augustine Brannigan, Nature

"This provocative book is a review of [Collins's] work, and an attempt to explain how scientists fit experimental results into pictures of the world. . . . A promising start for new explorations of our image of science, too often presented as infallibly authoritative."—Jon Turney, New Scientist

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Note to the 1992 Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Mystery of Perception and Order
The Idea of Replication
Replicating the TEA-Laser: Maintaining Scientific Knowledge
Detecting Gravitational Radiation: The Experimenter's Regress
Some Experiments in the Paranormal: The Experimenter's Regress Revisited
The Scientist in the Network: A Sociological Resolution of the Problem of Inductive Inference Postscript: Science as Expertise Methodological
Appendix
References
Cited
Afterword
Name Index
Subject Index
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