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Robert K. Merton
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“The ethos of science involves the functionally necessary demand that theories or generalizations be evaluated in [terms of] their logical consistency and consonance with facts.”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Merton (1938) "Science and the Social Order". In: Philosophy of Science Vol 5, nr 3, p. 326
“It is likely that the emphasis upon the metaphysical and epistemological implications of the sociology of knowledge can be traced, in part, to the fact that the first proponents of this discipline stemmed largely from philosophical rather than scientific circles. The burden of further research is to turn from this welter of conflicting opinion to empirical investigations which may establish in adequate detail the uniformities pertaining to the appearance, acceptance and diffusion, or rejection and repression, development and consequences of knowledge and ideas.”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The extreme emphasis upon the accumulation of wealth as a symbol of success in our society militates against the completely effective control of institutionally regulated modes of acquiring a fortune.”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Scientific research is not conducted in a social vacuum.”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) first seen 1973 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 263 (1973 Edition)
“No man knows fully what has shaped his own thinking”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. ix (1957 edition)
“By social structure is meant that organized set of social relationships in which members of the society or group are variously implicated.”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 162 (1957 edition)
“[Merton states that anomie represents] An acute disjunction between the cultural norms and goals and the socially structured capacities of members of the group to act in accord with them.”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 162 (1957 edition) as cited in: John H. Scanzoni (1970) Opportunity and the family. p. 55
“The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behaviour which makes the original false conception come "true". This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual course of events as proof that he was right from the very beginning.”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 477 (1968 Enlarged edition)
“The role of outstanding scientists in influencing younger associates is repeatedly emphasized in the interviews with laureates. Almost invariably they lay great emphasis on the importance of problem-finding, not only problem-solving. They uniformly express the strong conviction that what matters most in their work is a developing sense of taste, of judgment, in acting setting upon problems that are of fundamental importance. And, typically, they report that they acquired this sense for the significant problem during their years of training in evocative environments. Reflecting on his years as a novice in the laboratory of a chemist of the first rank, one laureate reports that he "led me to look for important things, whenever possible, rather than work on endless detail or to work just to improve accuracy rather than making a basic new contribution.”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Merton (1968) "The Matthew Effect In Science", In: Science Vol. 159, no. 3810 (5 January 1968), p. 56-63: On scientists, the Nobel Prizes, and the Matthew effect in scientific research.
“The last two decades have witnessed, especially in Germany and France, the rise of a new discipline, the sociology of knowledge (Wissenssoziologie), with a rapidly increasing number of students and a growing literature (even a “selected bibliography” would include several hundred titles). Since most of the investigations in this field have been concerned with the socio-cultural factors influencing the development of beliefs and opinion rather than of positive knowledge, the term. “Wissen” must be interpreted very broadly indeed, as referring to social ideas and thought generally, and not to the physical sciences, except where expressly indicated.”
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source