Allen,
Your transparent attempt to assimilate the work of all historians of
science to that of Steve Fuller (who is not even an historian) is plain
absurd. "The science" isn't missing from good historical accounts of
science. Moderns historians of science (unlike many scientists who
attempt to write histories of their own fields) simply acknowledge that
there is more going on in scientists lives, and more behind their
actions, than what appears in their published works. Like everyone else,
scientists strategize -- not only intellectualy but also politically,
socially, personally, etc. Among other things, they worry about the
possible reactions of those who have the power to make their lives
uncomfortable, whether fellow scientists, national politicians, the
local vicar, their neighbors, or their their in-laws. Scientists are no
better or worse than anyone else in this regard. You and I have clashed
over your "heroic" view of scientists in the past, and I see no reason
to continue so fruitless (and irrelevant, to this list) debate now.
Regards,
--
Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
416-736-5115 ex. 66164
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.yorku.ca/christo
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