TY - JOUR
AU - Mulkay, M. J.
AB - THREE MODELS OF SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT* M. J. Mulkay n this paper I am going to discuss three generalised accounts, or 'me)dels', of the processes by which sdence develops.' I shall call these the 'me)del of openness', the 'model of dewure', and the 'irujdel of branching'. The central concern of each is to show how social factors operating within the pure research community- con- tribute to the developtnent of scientific knowledge. I shall argue that the third mexlel provides a more satisfacteny solution to this problem than either of the other two. The Model of Openness The model of opetiness, in one version or another, has been widely accepted as providing an accurate specification of the main features of the sdentific research cotnmunity. It seems to correspond fairly closely to the cotnmon sense view of science held by many laymen and it is also a metdel which scientists tend to use wiien describing the elistinguishing features of the sdentific cotnmunity to outsiders.'' The first systematic seKiological exposition of this model was that of Merton,* whose analysis has beeti repeated, with little modification until recently, by several subsequent generations of sodologists.'' Let me give a brief account of this se>ciole>gical variant 
TI - Three Models of Scientific Development
JF - The Sociological Review
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-954X.1975.tb02231.x
DA - 1975-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/three-models-of-scientific-development-vZdzWKrMoD
SP - 509
EP - 526
VL - 23
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -