Creative Factors in Scientific Research: A Social Psychology of Scientific Knowledge, Studying the Interplay of Psychological and Cultural Factors in Science with Emphasis upon Imagination

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• Title Page iii
• Editorial Note vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Contents xi
• Chapter I - Introduction: Problem and Perspective 3
• Part I - Cultural Factors in Science 9
• Chapter II - The Emergence of Science In The Social Process 11
• Chapter III - Cultural, Factors in Scientific Concepts and Methods 39
• Part II - Psychological Factors in Science 59
• Chapter IV - The Meaning and Significance Of Imagination 61
• Chapter V - Flashes of Insight in Artist, Inventor, and Scientist, And Grounds Out of Which New Figures Emerge 88
• Chapter VI - Imagination in Scientific Investigation 111
• Part III - The Interplay of Psychological And Cultural Factors in Some Creative Leaders in Science 151
• Chapter VII - A Creative Leader in Physical Science: Galileo Galilei 153
• Chapter VIII - A Creative Leader In The Science of Life: Charles Darwin 168
• Chapter IX - Creative Leaders in The Science of Society: Auguste Comte and a Century of His Successors 190

• Title Page iii
• Editorial Note vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Contents xi
• Chapter I - Introduction: Problem and Perspective 3
• Part I - Cultural Factors in Science 9
• Chapter II - The Emergence of Science In The Social Process 11
• Chapter III - Cultural, Factors in Scientific Concepts and Methods 39
• Part II - Psychological Factors in Science 59
• Chapter IV - The Meaning and Significance Of Imagination 61
• Chapter V - Flashes of Insight in Artist, Inventor, and Scientist, And Grounds Out of Which New Figures Emerge 88
• Chapter VI - Imagination in Scientific Investigation 111
• Part III - The Interplay of Psychological And Cultural Factors in Some Creative Leaders in Science 151
• Chapter VII - A Creative Leader in Physical Science: Galileo Galilei 153
• Chapter VIII - A Creative Leader In The Science of Life: Charles Darwin 168
• Chapter IX - Creative Leaders in The Science of Society: Auguste Comte and a Century of His Successors 190
• Part IV - Creative Factors and Trends in The Study of Personality and Society: Implications for Social Control 227
• Chapter X - Psychology and Culture In The Study of Personality 229
• Chapter XI - Recent Trends in Sociology, Sociological Insight, And Social Control 241
• Index 267