Sociological Theory and The Sociology of Science: A Conference on Continuing and Future Importance of the Sociology of Robert K. Merton, Pennsylvania, 2005.

克雷格·卡尔霍恩社会科学研究委员会这项拨款支持了一个会议，该会议是在2005年美国社会学协会百年庆典的同时举行的，旨在评估罗伯特·k·默顿的理论、他关于理论与研究关系的观点以及科学社会学的当代意义。罗伯特·默顿（Robert Merton）在已发表和未发表的社会学工作方面留下了非凡的遗产。他的工作涉及许多当代问题，如：(1)“基础”和“应用”研究之间的关系，(2)理论和实证研究，(3)理论的“历史”和“系统学”，以及(4)知识生产和知识生产的制度和文化背景。然而，研讨会将主要讨论(a)理论与实证研究的关系，以及(b)社会学理论与科学社会学之间的关系。这次会议和最终出版的这本书的目标是对默顿曾是关键贡献者的社会学项目的现状进行科学探究。后者包括两个特定的子领域，如社会心理学和科学社会学、偏差、官僚主义、传播学；以及发展与实证调查密切相关的“中间范围理论”的更广泛的项目。学者将被邀请作为参与者，但PI将邀请提交参与。这次会议将成为一本编辑书籍的基础。会议的初步会议记录将作为罗伯特·默顿工作网站的一部分提供。这包括默顿去世后写的纪念汇编，对他的工作的其他评估，重要的参考书目，以及对学生的指导。我们已经做了安排，包括默顿教授的磁带，以及默顿教授的ASA纪念馆的磁带，并包含了哥伦比亚大学正在建立的默顿档案的初步指南。预计各种其他网站将发布到本网站的链接（该网站将由社会科学研究委员会托管，该委员会运营着社会科学领域最活跃和最频繁访问的网站之一）。

SES-0411736Craig CalhounSocial Science Research CouncilThe grant supports a conference, held in conjunction with the centenary celebration of the American Sociological Association at its 2005 annual, to assess the contemporary significance of Robert K. Merton's theories, his ideas on the relations of theory and research, and on the sociology of science. Robert Merton has left beyond an extraordinary legacy of sociological work, both published and unpublished. His work has addressed a number of contemporary issues such as the relationship between (1) "basic" and applied" research, (2) theory and empirical research, (3) "history" and "systematics" of theory, and (4) institutional and cultural contexts of knowledge production and the knowledge produced. The workshop, however, will address primarily (a) the relationship of theory to empirical research, and (b) the relationship between sociological theory and the sociology of science. The goal of the conference and the resultant book is to provide a scientific inquiry into the current state of the sociological projects to which Merton was key contributor. The later included both specific subfields, such as social psychology and the sociologies of science, deviance, bureaucracy, communications; and the broader projects of developing "theories of the middle range" which relate closely to empirical inquiries. Scholars will be invited as participants, but the PI will invite submissions for participation. The conference will be the basis for an edited book. The preliminary proceedings of the conference will be made available as part of a website on the work of Robert Merton. This includes a compilation of the memorials written after Merton's death, other assessments of his work, a critical bibliography, and guidance for students. Arrangements have been made to include tapes of Professor Merton, and of the ASA Memorial for Professor Merton, and to contain a preliminary guide to the Merton archives that are being established at Columbia. It is expected that a variety of other sites will to post links to this site (which will be hosted at the Social Science Research Council that operates one of the most active and frequently visited websites in social science).