ABSTRACT
We start our discussion of science and technological studies (STS) with appraisal of the Strong Programme of the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK). There are at least four reasons for doing so. First, SSK is the oldest of the traditions within STS and hence akin to the original position of the diverse schools that have since emerged. It thus merits special attention as many of the philosophical problems that beset it as a position persist in various forms through much (if not most) of the rest of the literature.
