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David Bloor

  • Date of Birtth

  • Awarded PhD

    Bloor was given a PhD from University of Edinburgh for a thesis he wrote called Speech and the regulation of behaviour. This was a paper written about the function of language. He writes that it is an important role in the organization of behavior. https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/22721
  • Knowledge and Social Imagery

    Knowledge and Social Imagery
    He wrote a book called Knowledge and Social Imagery. The University of Chicago Press said this about the book: " this book profoundly challenged and divided students of philosophy, sociology, and the history of science when it was published in 1976." This is because he challenged sociologists beliefs.
  • John Desmond Bernal Prize

    Bloor was awarded the John Desmond Bernal Prize for the amazing contribution to the Society for Social Studies of Science. This is a non-profit scholarly association.
  • Bloor got sick

    Roughly around 2001 David Bloor was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
  • Began Hospice

    He was a little skeptical about going into hospice but when he went there just to see what it was all about, he found that it was a great help.