Putting a spin on circulating reference,or how to rediscover the scientific subject |
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Authors: | Jeff Kochan |
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Affiliation: | 1. Swarthmore College, United States;2. University of São Paulo, Brazil;1. Department of Informatics, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia St. 15A, Tallinn 12618, Estonia;2. Clinical and Biomedical Proteomics Group, University of Leeds, Beckett St, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK;3. SysTek GmbH, Softwareentwicklungen, Bad Meinberger Str. 1, D-32760 Detmold, Germany;4. Medisoft AS, Räägu 35a, 13417 Tallinn, Estonia |
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Abstract: | 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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Keywords: | Circulating reference Post-Kantian subjectivity Scientific practice Bruno Latour Ludwik Fleck |
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