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This paper deals with the social role of science within a sociological perspective. Reference is ... more This paper deals with the social role of science within a sociological perspective. Reference is made to the diverse positions concerning such role: in one hand, American structural-functionalist current, on the other, sociology of knowledge and its debate on considering science as a sociological entity. As a completion, some general theoretical points about the scientific domain are put forward, as well as a sketch of the basic axis of social interpretation, based on critical sociology of science, as a process and cultural object.
This paper deals with the social role of science within a sociological perspective. Reference is ... more This paper deals with the social role of science within a sociological perspective. Reference is made to the diverse positions concerning such role: in one hand, American structural-functionalist current, on the other, sociology of knowledge and its debate on considering science as a sociological entity. As a completion, some general theoretical points about the scientific domain are put forward, as well as a sketch of the basic axis of social interpretation, based on critical sociology of science, as a process and cultural object.