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Sociology of science

lines of inquiry that scientists avoid or abandon because of formal rules or informal pressures, producing deliberate gaps in what is known.

In sociology of science, forbidden knowledge refers to lines of inquiry that scientists avoid or abandon because of formal rules or informal pressures, producing deliberate gaps in what is known. This meaning comes from Kempner (2011) in Sociological Forum.[1]

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Kempner, J., Merz, J. F., & Bosk, C. L. (2011). Forbidden Knowledge: Public Controversy and the Production of Nonknowledge. Sociological Forum, 26(3), 475-500. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1573-7861.2011.01259.x

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