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Not so long ago, we believed that science was a neutral, value-free quest for Truth. With ‘The Structure of Scientific Revolutions’ (1962), Thomas Kuhn opened science to scrutiny as a social activity. He reduced science to puzzle-solving within belief systems, suggesting that ‘normal’ science... read more

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In early 1995, the editors of the journal Social Text were putting the finishing touches to a special issue on 'Science Wars'.
 

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