Why The Statement: ‘Plasma-Membrane Transport Is Rate Limiting Cannot Meet The Public  

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Leydesdorff, Loet

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Public Understanding of Science vol. 2 no. 4 (Okt. 1993), page 351-364.
Fulltext: 351PUS24.pdf (716.31KB)

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The sciences evolve in lerms of paradigms. Paradigms can be considered as lemporary forms of the self-or@niration of social communication in a specific language. The question of how communication is possible among otherwise ‘incommensurable’ paradigms has been crucial to the sociology of science for the last two demdes. The theory of &Iforganization provides us with a new perspective on these issuer. Various models for understanding communication among communication systems can be compared: ‘integration’ into public discourse can then be considered as a negative feedback loop that cannot be localized, but acts as a regime. By reconstructing hatwe’ in l e m of representations, the modern sciences provide this regime with increasing complexity. The sciences replace ignorance with uncertainty, and therewith generate a continuous pressure of ‘modernization’ of social and normative frameworks. The historical mots of this regime are discussed. and some of its practical consequences are elaborated.

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