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Publication of Knowledge and Social Imagery (1976)
David Bloor introduces the Strong Programme. He begins to redefine knowledge for sociology as being what society believes to be true in its current state of investigation; rather than focusing on whether the belief itself is either true or false. To examine to cause as to why the society has believed what it did or does. He further states that the ideas being true, is not an explanation in itself for why the society has believed the ideas, that there are other sources for its general acceptance -
Wittgenstein: A Social Theory of Knowledge (1983)
David Bloor writes and publishes Wittgenstein: A Social Theory of Knowledge; where he summarizes, explains, and identifies his agreeance with the ideologies of Wittgenstein about his thoughts on the difference between society as a whole and the individual. -
Scientific knowledge: a sociological analysis (1996)
David Bloor adds his knowledge of the sociology of science, in combination with other authors, into the book: Scientific Knowledge: a sociological analysis. This book explains and emphasizes that science is not a subject where individuals work in isolation; instead that were influenced by their current culture surrounding them; in various amounts from little to much. Contrary to prior portrayed belief. This publication is the first introduction to social studies of scientific knowledge. -
Go Strong or Go Home (2008, published online 2020)
David Bloor is interviewed by Chih-Tung Huang in 2008; where he introduces the concept of finitism. He explains that concepts and words do not have a definite definition and that the meanings behind concepts and words are constantly changing with the flow of society. He explains that finitism is the study of the change of these concepts or words and the reasons for that change. He mentions that some might simply explain the change to be a matter of character; however, he is opposed to this. -
Lecture video on the Strong Programme
This video further explains the concepts, standpoints, criticisms, and responses of David Bloor in his publication of the Strong Programme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5niwyPoMw4