Talk:Merton thesis

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Did you know... that the Merton Thesis holds that Protestantism had significant influences on the course of the scientific revolution?

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Abraham

Gary A. Abraham "Misunderstanding the Merton Thesis: A Boundary Dispute between History and Sociology." Isis (journal), 74 (1983): 368-387. Abridged in Puritanism and teh Rise of Modern Science, Edited by I. Bernard Cohen, 233-245, Rutgers University Press, 1990

Abraham argues that historians: (1) have shown a disciplinary bias in their approach to the Merton thesis; (2) have harmfully changed the terms of the thesis; and (3) have failed even to understand Merton's sociological perspective. Abraham criticizes all of the major historical writings--both friendly to Merton and hostile--as simply missing the point. That point is that social values and cultural ideas ("institutions" in the sense used by sociologists) are what is at stake: it is a mistake to focus on theological doctrines, specific individuals, or specific writings as such. Likewise, argues Abraham, focusing on institutions (in the nonsociological sense of organizations) as a test case is also a misunderstanding of Merton's claims. ^[1]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Firefly322 (talk • contribs) 01:28, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Science and Religion in the English Speaking World, 1600-1727 A Biliographic Guide to the Secondary Literature, Richard S. Boorks & David K. Himrod, Scarecrow Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8108-4011-1, p. 2

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Synthesis

There seems to be a lot of synthesis using sources that don't directly discuss Morton's thesis. I removed some but there's more work to do... —Paleo Neonate – 00:54, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Science and Religion in the English Speaking World, 1600-1727 A Biliographic Guide to the Secondary Literature, Richard S. Boorks & David K. Himrod, Scarecrow Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8108-4011-1, p. 2

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