The "Normative Structure" of Social Science: Merton's Ideas as a Story of Success and Side Effects

Hillmert, Steffen

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dc.contributor.author	Hillmert, Steffen	de
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-22T08:35:56Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-22T08:35:56Z
dc.date.issued	2021	de
dc.identifier.issn	2521-0947	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/83554
dc.description.abstract	Based on available literature, this essay looks at trends in scholarly attitudes and academic practices, primarily within the sphere of social sciences, and asks whether they have been in line with Robert K. Merton’s institutional principles of science as they were formulated in his famous essay "The Normative Structure of Science." This essay argues that these principles have not been fully implemented but have become increasingly recognised and widely accepted as normative points of reference also in large parts of the social sciences. However, there have been both marked deviations and significant side effects. Given the internal heterogeneity of a discipline like sociology, practices that selectively interpret the Merton principles may add to existing internal cleavages.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Social sciences, sociology, anthropology	en
dc.subject.other	scientific ethos; Mertonian norms; scientific practices; scholarship	de
dc.title	The "Normative Structure" of Social Science: Merton's Ideas as a Story of Success and Side Effects	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Serendipities: Journal for the Sociology and History of the Social Sciences
dc.source.volume	6	de
dc.publisher.country	AUT	de
dc.source.issue	2	de
dc.subject.classoz	Allgemeines zu den Sozialwissenschaften, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Sozialwissenschaften	de
dc.subject.classoz	General Problems, History of the Social Sciences	en
dc.subject.classoz	Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Wissenschaftslogik, Ethik der Sozialwissenschaften	de
dc.subject.classoz	Philosophy of Science, Theory of Science, Methodology, Ethics of the Social Sciences	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Merton, R.	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Merton, R.	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wissenschaftssoziologie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	sociology of science	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Sozialwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.thesoz	social science	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Forschung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	research	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Universalismus	de
dc.subject.thesoz	universalism	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wissenschaftsethik	de
dc.subject.thesoz	science ethics	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0	en
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	42-62	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7146/serendipities.v6i2.130014	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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