Robert K. Merton A Columbia I SSRC Book Robert K. Merton Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science Edited by Craig Calhoun Columbia University Press ? New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since I893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright ? 2010 The Social Science Research Council All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Robert K. Merton : sociology of science and sociology as science I edited by Craig Calhoun. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. "A Columbia/SSRC Book." ISBN 978-o-231-15II2-2-ISBN 978-o-231-52184-o (ebook) Merton, Robert King, 1910-2003. 2. Sociologists-United States. 3· Sociology-United States. 4· Science-Social aspects. 5· Science-Philosophy. I. Calhoun, Craig J., 1952-II. Title. 2010 -dc22 2010007240 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. This book is printed on paper with recycled content. Printed in the United States of America c********** References to Web sites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the editor nor Columbia University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Contents Preface vii Introduction On Merton's Legacy and Contemporary Sociology Craig Calhoun One Reflections on mon Theme: 32 Establishing the Phenomenon, Adumbration, and Ideal Types Alejandro Portes Two Mechanisms of the Middle Range 54 Charles Tilly Three Eliding the Theory/Research and Basic/Applied Divides: 63 Implications of Merton's Middle Range Robert]. Sampson Four The Contributions of Robert K. Merton to Culture Theory 79 Cynthia Fuchs Epstein Five Culture and Uncertainty 94 Viviana A. Zelizer vi CONTENTS Six "Paradigm for the Sociology of Science" II3 Thomas F Gieryn Seven A Critical Reconsideration of the Ethos and 140 Autonomy of Science Aaron L. Panofiky Eight Merton, Mannheim, and the Sociology of Knowledge 164 Alan Sica Nine The Ethos of Science and the Eth