發現真理的相對主義者

Harry Collins與Robert Evans在2002年提出「第3波科學研究」（The Third Wave of Science Studies）[1] 後，該篇論文一直是Social Studies of Science期刊上被引用的前兩名。其中絕大多數是對「第3波科學研究」的反對與批評。何以有這麼猛烈的反對聲浪，Collins做出了一些解釋，譬如將第3波科學研究誤解為「精英主義」、「反民主」，與誤用了SSK的概念以外，他還給出了如下的解釋－或許這本身是強綱領中「反身性」原則的應用吧。而這也點出了STS領域界內可能的問題。

even sociologists of knowledge, however much they apply their framework to others, have a strong residual preference for seeing themselves as discoverers of the truth rather than representatives of a fashion, or 'wave', of thought. [2]

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[1] Collins, Harry , Robert Evans(2002)."The Third Wave of Science Studies of Expertise and Experience", in Social Studies of Science 32(2), pp.235-296.
[2] Collins, Harry(2011). 'The Third Wave of Science Studies: Developments and Politics', in Japan Journal for Science, Technology & Society, Vol.20.