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REVIEW: Paul Feyerabend, The Tyranny of Science 书评:保罗·费耶阿本德，《科学的暴政》

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2013-09-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V7I1.19247

D. Rozell

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Computer Versus Microscope: Visual Activity Fields of Instruments in the Information Age 计算机与显微镜:信息时代仪器的视觉活动领域

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2013-09-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V7I1.16151

M. Turrini

引用次数: 0

Public University Funding and the Privatization of Politics 公立大学经费与政治私有化

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2013-09-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V7I1.20002

Mark B. Brown

引用次数: 3

On Commodification and the Progress of Knowledge in Society: A Defence 商品化与社会知识进步:一种辩护

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2013-09-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V7I1.20075

S. Fuller

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引用次数: 6

Biobank Economics and the Commercialization Problem 生物库经济学和商业化问题

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2013-09-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V7I1.19555

Andrew Turner, Clara Dallaire-Fortier, M. Murtagh

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引用次数: 23

Transition to Science 2.0: “Remoralizing” the Economy of Science 向科学2.0的过渡:科学经济的“再化”

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2013-09-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V7I1.19664

D. Tyfield

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引用次数: 17

REVIEW: Alexandra Rutherford, Beyond the Box: B.F. Skinner’s Technology of Behaviour from Laboratory to Life, 1950s-1970s. 书评:亚历山德拉·卢瑟福，《超越盒子:B.F.斯金纳的行为技术从实验室到生活，20世纪50 - 70年代》。

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2013-09-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V7I1.19590

Jennifer Fraser

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The Political Economy of Technoscience: An Emerging Research Agenda 技术科学的政治经济学:一个新兴的研究议程

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2013-09-09 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V7I1.19556

K. Birch

引用次数: 25

REVIEW: James R. Brown, Laboratory of the Mind 回顾:詹姆斯·r·布朗，心灵实验室

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2012-10-04 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V6I1.15820

M. Stuart

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The Colour of Risk: An Exploration of the IPCC's "Burning Embers" Diagram 风险的颜色:对IPCC“燃烧的余烬”图表的探索

Spontaneous Generations-Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2012-10-03 DOI: 10.4245/SPONGE.V6I1.16075

M. Mahony, M. Hulme

引用次数: 52