Abstract
As a new discipline, Engineering Sociology is emerging in China nowadays. There are three research paradigms, including "engineering community theory" , "social assessment theory" and "construction engineering system theory" , and "engineering community theory" has been widely recognized by the concerned academic circles. This paper firstly traces the origin of the community concept, then analyses the interaction mechanism of science and engineering activities with society comparatively. At the same time, this paper examines the differences between scientific community and Engineering community critically. Lastly, this paper puts forward the discussing points of "engineering community theory" . Engineering community itself is a "black box" and "engineering community theory" cannot reflect the social impact of engineering activities. Therefore, could engineering community be the basic category and core concept of Engineering Sociology is still a question.
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