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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note: Ethos of Science.

  • UPSC 2002
  • Science, Technology and Social Change

The ethos of science is Robert K. Merton's term, from "The Normative Structure of Science" (1942, later collected in Social Theory and Social Structure), for the affectively toned complex of values and norms binding practising scientists. Its point is sociological: science is not merely a method but a social institution with its own moral order,…

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  • The four institutional imperatives (CUDOS)
  • The reward system and its strains
  • Critiques
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