The New Sociology of Science

In The New Sociology of Science, Boris Kriger challenges traditional views of scientific truth by emphasizing the social channels through which ideas are transmitted and sustained. The book reinterprets the role of sociology in science, highlighting how institutional mechanisms, such as peer review and academic gatekeeping, are crucial yet historically contingent, and explores the transformation of scientific communication in the digital age. Kriger introduces the Social Indistinguishability Theorem, illustrating how the system's blind spots affect the detection and validation of knowledge. Overall, the work offers a structural diagnosis of science's evolving landscape, questioning whether it will adapt to its new reality.