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Professor Harry Collins FBA

Sociology & philospophy of knowledge, expertise & science; tacit knowledge; sociology of scientific knowledge; artificial intelligence; gravitational-wave detection since 1970; imitation Game for measuring expertise; science & the good society
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
2012
Subjects
Philosophy, Sociology
Sections
Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
Website
http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/contactsandpeople/academicstaff/C-D/professor-harry-collins-overview.html

Current post

Distinguished Research Professor, Cardiff University

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