Absolutely Fabulous History of Science?

摘要

Readers of Social Studies of Science will understand, perhaps, that this caused some concern and bemusement in our corridors in the School of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of New South Wales! Some of us suspected that Buzo's animus sprang from days of yore when, as an undergraduate Arts student, he was more or less obliged to take history and philosophy of science. However, his broadside was puzzling, not least because Buzo is supposedly a 'friend' of the Faculty. We could be forgiven for thinking that with such supporters, enemies should certainly be avoided.