sociology of science

Japanese: sociology of science(英語表記)sociologyofscience
sociology of science

…Then, since the 1950s, a field has gradually emerged that seeks to academically study the intellectual activity of science from its social aspects. It is generally called the sociology of science, and is thought to have originated with the American sociologist RK Merton. Thus, attempts are currently being made to elucidate science from various fields using various methods, but the important thing is that science is constantly changing, changing its form and nature, and is constantly changing dynamically, and if one tries to grasp it comprehensively and statically, one will inevitably go beyond one's grasp somewhere. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "sociology of science" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そこで,科学という知的営為をそうした社会的側面から学問的に追究しようとする領域が1950年代から徐々に現れてきた。一般には科学社会学sociology of scienceと呼ばれ,アメリカの社会学者R.K.マートンに発すると考えられている。 このように科学は現在さまざまな方法で,さまざまな領域から解明を試みられているが,たいせつなことは,それがつねに姿を変え形を変え性格を変えてダイナミックに変化するものであって,包括的かつ静的にとらえようとすると,必ずどこかでその把握からはみ出す,という点であろう。…

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出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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