Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers · 1998 · 377 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesGeographyHuman GeographyHistorical GeographyPhilosophy Of ScienceSocial GeographyDemarcation Of ScienceHistorical Development Of ScienceHistory Of ScienceKnowledge ProductionLocal KnowledgeScientific KnowledgeHistory Of KnowledgeHistory Of Scientific KnowledgeLocalist RepresentationScientific Knowledge ConstructionScientific Knowledge DiffusionSocial Dimensions Of ScienceSociocultural Perspectives On ScienceSpatial Epistemology
Over the past two decades broadly geographical sensibilities have become prominent in the academic study of science. An account is given of tensions in science studies between transcendentalist conceptions of truth and emerging localist perspectives on the making, meaning and evaluation of scientific knowledge. The efficient spread of scientific knowledge is not a phenomenon that argues against the applicability of geographical sensibilities towards science but actually calls for an even more vigorous project in the geography of knowledge.