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Edinburgh University (pt. 2)
"Go Strong or Go Home: An Interview with David Bloor". October 1, 2020
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1215/s12280-010-9148-8#:~:text=He%20was%20trained%20in%20philosophy,maintains%20an%20active%20researching%20career. -
Edinburgh University
Bloor attended Edinburgh University in Edinburgh, Scotland. He received his PhD in Psychology from Edinburgh. Prior to attending Edinburgh he attended Keele University as well as Cambridge. "Trained in philosophy and mathematics at the University of Keele; further work in philosophy and experimental psychology at the University of Cambridge; Edinburgh doctorate in psychology," Li, Zheng-Fang. Hwang, Ruey-Chyi. Huang, Chih-Tung. Taylor & Francis. -
Knowledge and Social Imagery
Four years after receiving his PhD. Bloor wrote a debatable book called "Knowledge and Social Imagery". In this book he questions science and it's relation to not only the rest of the world but psychology as well. "Treated to hostile reception by philosophers," Fuller, Steve. Philosophy of Science, vol. 60, no. 1, 1993, pp. 158–170. JSTOR,
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Strong Progamme
The Strong Programme was one of the most reliable and resourceful way of reflecting science and other ideas such as sociology and psychology. "Arguably the first and most prominent social constructionist approach to scientific knowledge, in which not just the organisation of scientific institutions, but the actual content of scientific knowledge, was said to be determined by social influences," Kemp, Stephen. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. December, 2005. -
Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis
In 1996, David Bloor, John Henry, and Barry Barnes wrote a book called "Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Analysis." This book was big because it was the first time people started looking at how society and culture influence science. "Scientific Knowledge will be of interest not only to those engaged in science studies, but also to anyone interested in the practice of science," Barnes, Barry. Bloor, David. Henry, John. Scientific Knowledge A Sociological Analysis. July 1996. -
The Sociology of Science Video