Type of Publication: | Journal article |
Author: | Kochan, Jeff |
Year of publication: | 2015 |
Published in: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science / Part A ; 49 (2015). - pp. 103-107. - ISSN 0039-3681. - eISSN 1879-2510 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2014.10.004 |
Summary: |
Bruno Latour claims to have shown that a Kantian model of knowledge, which he describes as seeking to unite a disembodied transcendental subject with an inaccessible thing-in-itself, is dramatically falsified by empirical studies of science in action. Instead, Latour puts central emphasis on scientific practice, and replaces this Kantian model with a model of “circulating reference.” Unfortunately, Latour's alternative schematic leaves out the scientific subject. I repair this oversight through a simple mechanical procedure. By putting a slight spin on Latour's diagrammatic representation of his theory, I discover a new space for a post-Kantian scientific subject, a subject brilliantly described by Ludwik Fleck. The neglected subjectivities and ceaseless practices of science are thus re-united.
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Subject (DDC): | 100 Philosophy |
Keywords: | Circulating reference, Post-Kantian subjectivity, Scientific practice, Bruno Latour, Ludwik Fleck |
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KOCHAN, Jeff, 2015. Putting a spin on circulating reference, or how to rediscover the scientific subject. In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science / Part A. 49, pp. 103-107. ISSN 0039-3681. eISSN 1879-2510. Available under: doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2014.10.004
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