Building on his earlier book We Have Never Been Modern, Bruno Latour develops his argument about the Modern fetishization of facts, or the creation of factishes.
Wetenschap en cultuurtheorie Reeks
Deze serie duikt in de fascinerende kruising van wetenschap en cultuur, en onderzoekt hoe wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen onze maatschappelijke normen vormen en vice versa. Elk deel biedt diepgaande inzichten in het ingewikkelde samenspel tussen rationeel onderzoek en menselijk wereldbeeld. Lezers ontdekken tot nadenken stemmende essays die conventionele wijsheid uitdagen en nieuwe perspectieven openen op onze plaats in de kosmos en de maatschappij. Het is essentiële lectuur voor iedereen die geïntrigeerd is door de manier waarop wetenschap en cultuur onze realiteit vormen.
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Imre Lakatos and the Guises of Reason
- 378bladzijden
- 14 uur lezen
DIVAn exploration of the philosophy of science and mathematics of Hungarian emigre, Imre Lakatos, demonstrating its contemporary relevance./div
In Aircraft Stories noted sociologist of technoscience John Law tells “stories” about a British attempt to build a military aircraft—the TSR2. The intertwining of these stories demonstrates the ways in which particular technological projects can be understood in a world of complex contexts.Law works to upset the binary between the modernist concept of knowledge, subjects, and objects as having centered and concrete essences and the postmodernist notion that all is fragmented and centerless. The structure and content of Aircraft Stories reflect Law’s contention that knowledge, subjects, and—particularly— objects are “fractionally coherent”: that is, they are drawn together without necessarily being centered. In studying the process of this particular aircraft’s design, construction, and eventual cancellation, Law develops a range of metaphors to describe both its fractional character and the ways its various aspects interact with each other. Offering numerous insights into the way we theorize the working of systems, he explores the overlaps between singularity and multiplicity and reveals rich new meaning in such concepts as oscillation, interference, fractionality, and rhizomatic networks.The methodology and insights of Aircraft Stories will be invaluable to students in science and technology studies and will engage others who are interested in the ways that contemporary paradigms have limited our ability to see objects in their true complexity.
Explores the cultural legacy of cybernetics and neocybernetics that offers new insight on the role of the human in an era of the posthuman.
Complexities
- 295bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities.
Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the Biology-Culture Divide
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
In "Evolution's Eye," Susan Oyama critiques the dominant gene-centered perspective in evolutionary biology, using humor to expose its rhetorical tactics. She advocates for a multifocal approach rooted in developmental systems theory, which emphasizes the interplay of various factors in evolution rather than a simplistic nature-nurture dichotomy. This work builds on her previous insights, offering a comprehensive framework for understanding the complexities of development and evolution.
Tissue Economies
- 231bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
Surveys the economies of exchange in human blood, tissues, and organs. This book compares tissue economies in the United Kingdom and United States. It features a series of case studies based on particular forms of tissue exchange and also considers the impact of different models of biotechnology patents on tissue economies.
The Ontogeny of Information
- 296bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
Argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human development but, rather, developmental products and the developmental processes that produce them. This title shows that what developmental information does depends on what is already in place and what alternatives are available. schovat popis
The Body Multiple
- 196bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
Drawing on fieldwork in a Dutch university hospital, this title looks at the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis. It focuses on medical anthropology, sociology, feminist theory, philosophy, and science and technology studies to reframe such issues as the disease-illness distinction, subject-object relations, and boundaries. schovat popis
