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An annotated collection of 1 papers on merton, spanning 1938. Featuring works by Robert K. Merton — each with editorial commentary oriented to digital product practice.

Science and the Social Order

Robert K. Merton, 1938 · Philosophy of Science, Vol. 5, No. 3

Merton's earlier essay — the companion to The Normative Structure of Science — on the relationship between scientific practice and the broader social order that either supports or undermines it. Written in 1938, the essa…