Question

The Matthew effect was coined to describe the accumulation of advantage by members of this profession. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this profession whose sociological study was popularized by Robert K. Merton. Thomas Kuhn argued that this profession engages in “puzzle-solving” between “paradigm shifts.”
ANSWER: scientists [or word forms; accept scientific researchers; accept types of scientists like biologists and physicists]
[10e] The Merton thesis draws a link between Puritanism and the rise of experimental science, akin to this German sociologist’s claim that the Protestant work ethic led to capitalism.
ANSWER: Max Weber (“VAY-bur”)
[10h] Robert Merton’s sociology of science was influenced by Karl Mannheim’s “sociology of” this concept. Michael Polanyi coined a socially-transmitted “tacit” form of this concept.
ANSWER: knowledge [accept sociology of knowledge or tacit knowledge]
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