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Realists regarding scientific knowledge – those who think that our best scientific representations truly describe both observable and unobservable aspects of the natural world – have special need of a notion of approximate truth. Since theories and models are rarely considered true simpliciter, the realist requires some means of making sense of the claim that they may be false and yet close to ...

The recent republication of David Bloor’s ‘Knowledge and Social Imagery’ in a second edition provides an occasion to reappraise this celebrated work which launched the so-called ‘Strong Programme’ in the sociology of scientific knowledge. This work embodies the general outlook and foundational principles in a way which is still characteristic of its descendents. Above all, the recent re-publica...