The emergence of objectivity: Fleck, Foucault, Kuhn and Hacking.
The analytical notions of 'thought style', 'paradigm', 'episteme' and 'style of reasoning' are some of the most popular frameworks in the history and philosophy of science. Although their proponents, Ludwik Fleck, Thomas Kuhn, Michel Foucault, and Ian Hacking, are all part of the same philosophical...
| Published in: | Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A Vol. 88; pp. 128 - 138 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Aug2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=152004279&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 152004279 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00393681 HPS jtl: Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A issn: 00393681 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2021 vid: 88 pid: 2410 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 152004279 10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.06.005 ppf: 128 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: The emergence of objectivity: Fleck, Foucault, Kuhn and Hacking. aug: au: Sciortino, Luca affil: Ecampus University, Via Isimbardi 10, 22060, Novedrate, CO, Italy su: Kuhn, Thomas S., 1922-1996 Objectivity Computer hacking Philosophy of science History of science sug: subj: Kuhn, Thomas S., 1922-1996 Objectivity Computer hacking Philosophy of science History of science keyword: Episteme Historical epistemology Paradigm Style of reasoning Thought style ab: The analytical notions of 'thought style', 'paradigm', 'episteme' and 'style of reasoning' are some of the most popular frameworks in the history and philosophy of science. Although their proponents, Ludwik Fleck, Thomas Kuhn, Michel Foucault, and Ian Hacking, are all part of the same philosophical tradition that closely connects history and philosophy, the extent to which they share similar assumptions and objectives is still under debate. In the first part of the paper, I shall argue that, despite the fact that these four thinkers disagree on certain assumptions, their frameworks have the same explanatory goal – to understand how objectivity is possible. I shall present this goal as a necessary element of a common project -- that of historicising Kant's a priori. In the second part of the paper, I shall make an instrumental use of the insights of these four thinkers to form a new model for studying objectivity. I shall also propose a layered diagram that allows the differences between the frameworks to be mapped, while acknowledging their similarities. This diagram will show that the frameworks of style of reasoning and episteme illuminate conditions of possibility that lie at a deeper level than those considered by thought styles and paradigms. • I argue that, although Fleck's, Kuhn's, Foucault's and Hacking's frameworks are based on different assumptions, they have the same goal: to understand how objectivity is possible. • I provide a model for studying objectivity that incorporates the frameworks of Fleck, Foucault, Kuhn and Hacking. • I show that, used together, these frameworks provide a more profound understanding of how objectivity emerges. • I propose a layered diagram that maps the differences between the frameworks of thought style, episteme, paradigm and style of reasoning. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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