David Bloor

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  • Birth 1942

    David Bloor was born in 1942 in Derby, United Kingdom.

  • Strong Programme

    David Bloor publishes the Strong Programme. The Strong Programme is a way of describing science that allows you to explain all scientific beliefs with the same sorts of explanations. (cabin fever 2002) There are 4 points that this can be sumarized to, 1. Causal. 2. Impartiality. 3. Symmetry. 4. Reflexivity.

  • Knowledge and Social Imagery

    David Bloor releases book Knowledge and Social Imagery. In this book, Bloor goes over how Scientific Knowledge is based off of social, cultural, political and many other norms. It also shows that Scientific knowledge isn't based solely on one universal way of thinking.

  • Bernal Prize

    David Bloor receives the Bernal Prize which is awarded to those who make a distinguished contribution to the field fo science and technology.

  • Citations

    The Strong Programme - Everything2.com. everything2.com/title/The+Strong+Programme. Collin, Finn. “David Bloor and the Strong Programme.” Springer eBooks, vol. 35–62, 22 Sept. 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9741-5_3.