Social Theorist's On The Sociology of Science

We as societies are governed by principles, in which are in no doubt, have and are still influencing the way the world and society is being developed. One of the most critical contributors towards this structure would have to be the dynamic field of science or what others such as sociologists would call the study of the scientific method. Although science as a field is in retrospectively speaking a field which rely on having certain …

…technological achievements and advancements or are we leading a way to the total destruction of mankind and of this planet? For such predicaments as nuclear war are very real. "The undercurrents of conflict between science and anti-science are very real and the resolution of this conflict will have far reaching consequences not just for our way we live, but also for the future political organizations, perhaps even for our survival as a species."(Dunbar, 1995, pg. 11).