The Institution of Science and the Science of Institutions The Legacy of Joseph Ben-David /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Herbst, Marcel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 302
• Subjects: History.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Medicine > History.; History of Science.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; History of Medicine.

The present anthology, edited by Marcel Herbst, is partially based on a conference, held in 2009, to reflect on the legacy of Ben-David, and contains a selection of substantially revised papers, plus four contributions specifically written for this volume. The book focuses on three major lines of Be...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• I Prologue 1
• 1 Introduſtion; Marcel Herbst
• 2 Academic Organization and Scientific Produſtivity; Marcel Herbst
• II Role and Ethos
• 3 On Sociology of Knowledge and Politics of Freedom; Yaron Ezrahi
• 4 The Scientists’ Role and Medical Innovations; Ilana Löwy
• 5 Clinical Praſtice and Clinical Research; George Weisz
• III Center and Periphery
• 6 Faded Grandeur: the German Academic System; Richard Münch
• 7 The Scion and its Tree; Shaul Katz
• IV Organization and Growth
• 8 The Excellence of IT; Andrew Abbott
• 9 Lessons Learned from the Study of Collaborations; Ivan Chompalov
• V Epilogue
• 10 The Legacy of Joseph Ben-David; Marcel Herbst
• Contributors
• Index.