Science after the Practice Turn in the Philosophy, History, and Social Studies of Science (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Soler, Léna; Israel-Jost, Vincent; Lynch, Michael; Zwart, Sjoerd

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the 1980s, philosophical, historical and social studies of science underwent a change which later evolved into a turn to practice. Analysts of science were asked to pay attention to scientific practices in meticulous detail and along multiple dimensions, including the material, social and psychological. Following this turn, the interest in scientific practices continued to increase and had an indelible influence in the various fields of science studies. No doubt, the practice turn changed our conceptions and approaches of science, but what did it really teach us? What does it mean to study scientific practices? What are the general lessons, implications, and new challenges?

This volume explores questions about the practice turn using both case studies and theoretical analysis. The case studies examine empirical and mathematical sciences, including the engineering sciences. The volume promotes interactions between acknowledged experts from different, often thought of as conflicting, orientations. It presents contributions in conjunction with critical commentaries that put the theses and assumptions of the former in perspective. Overall, the book offers a unique and diverse range of perspectives on the meanings, methods, lessons, and challenges associated with the practice turn.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317935353
• Artikelnr.: 40808532

Autorenporträt

Léna Soler is Maître de conférences in the Laboratoire d'Histoire des Sciences et de Philosophie - Archives Henri Poincaré at the Université de Lorraine, France. Sjoerd D. Zwart is Assistant Professor at the Universities of Technology in Delft and Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Michael Lynch is Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University, USA. Vincent Israel-Jost is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Laboratoire d'Histoire des Sciences et de Philosophie - Archives Henri Poincaré at the Université de Lorraine, France.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Léna Soler, Sjoerd Zwart, Michael Lynch, and Vincent
Israël-Jost 1. Some Notions of Action Jean-Michel Salanskis; Commentary
Jean-Luc Gangloff and Catherine Allamel-Raffin 2. Epistemic Activities and
Systems of Practice: Units of Analysis in Philosophy of Science After the
Practice Turn HasokChang; Commentary Léna Soler andRégis Catinaud 3. From
Normative to Descriptive and Back: Science and Technology Studies and the
Practice Turn Michael Lynch; Commentary Vincent Israel-Jost andKatherina
Kinzel 4. Chemistry's Periodic Law: Rethinking Representation and
Explanation after the Turn to Practice Andrea I. Woody; Commentary Régis
Catinaud and Frédéric Wieber 5. Epistemic Dependence in Contemporary
Science: Practices and Malpractices Hanne Andersen; Commentary Cyrille
Imbert 6. Values in Engineering: From Object-worlds to Socio-technical
Systems Louis Bucciarelli; Commentary Sjoerd D. Zwart 7. The Impact of the
Philosophy of Mathematical Practice on the Philosophy of Mathematics
Jean-Paul van Bendegem; Commentary Caroline Jullien and Léna Soler 8.
Observing Mathematical Practices as a Key to Mining our Sources and
Conducting Conceptual History. Division in Ancient China as a Case Study
Karine Chemla; Commentary Amirouche Moktefi, Mélissa Arneton, Catherine
Allamel-Raffin 9. Scientific Practice and the Scientific Image Joseph Rouse
; Commentary Emiliano Trizio