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hierarchy of the sciences: a standalone construct

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Sociology of knowledge

the claim that fields from physics to social science are ranked by cognitive consensus and codification, tested here as mainly true only at the research frontier.

In sociology of knowledge, hierarchy of the sciences refers to the claim that fields from physics to social science are ranked by cognitive consensus and codification, tested here as mainly true only at the research frontier. This meaning comes from Cole (1983) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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Cole, S. (1983). The Hierarchy of the Sciences? American Journal of Sociology, 89(1), 111-139. https://doi.org/10.1086/227835

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