Table of Contents

Authors’ Introduction.- I. Case Studies.- Summary of Contributions.- Agricultural Chemistry. The Origin and Structure of a Finalized Science.- Autonomization and Finalization: A Comparison of Fermentation Research and Fluid Mechanics.- Cancer Research. A Study of Praxis-Related Theoretical Developments in Chemistry, the Biosciences and Medicine.- II. Theoretical Considerations.- Summary of Contributions.- Finalization Revisited.- The Scientification of Technology.- Normative Finalization.- III. Prospects.- Summary of Contributions.- Science in a Crisis of Legitimation.- Towards a Social Science of Nature.- Introductory Note.- The Finalization Debate: A Reply to our Critics. With a Bibliography of the Finalization Discussion and Debate.- Bibliography of the Finalization Discussion and Debate.- I. The anti-finalization campaign and debate in the media.- III. Contributions to the academic finalization discussion and debate.- Notes on Authors.- Index of Names.