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ERIC Number: EJ312622
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Private Science and Public Knowledge: The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of the Claims of the Paranormal and its Use of the Literature.
Pinch, T. J.; Collins, H. M.
Social Studies of Science, v14 n4 p521-46 Nov 1984
Shows the part played by formal/informal literatures in the social construction of scientific knowledge, analyzing the work of the "Committee for the Scientific Investigation of the Claims of the Paranormal" (which critically investigates fringe-sciences). Indicates that popular literature can deconstruct facts while scientific controversy reveals the "negotiated" character of science. (DH)
Descriptors: Committees, Literature, News Writing, Periodicals, Philosophy, Scholarly Journals, Sciences, Scientific Literacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Parapsychology; Science and Society
Note: Published by SAGE Publications, 28 Banner Street, London EC1Y 8QE, England, quarterly in Feb, May, Aug, and Nov (institutions, $64.00; individuals, $24.00).