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Fuller, Steve (2012) CSI : Kuhn and Latour. Social Studies of Science, Vol.42 (No.3). pp. 429-434. doi:10.1177/0306312712437228 ISSN 0306-3127.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306312712437228
Abstract
I have been always most moved by those whose views I have ended up opposing. I say
'ended up' because the views are typically ones in which I originally invested considerable
study and interest. But then a version of the 'familiarity breeds contempt' principle
sets in, and my intellectual immune system generates antibodies that ward off later, more
virulent strains of such thinkers' thoughts. So fortified, I welcome the opportunity to
reflect on the significance of Kuhn (1962) and Latour (1987), who have been influential
figures in my thinking about science and technology studies (STS) ever since I began to
encounter the field as a graduate student in the early 1980s. In fact, I had read The Structure
of Scientific Revolutions (SSR) as part of Columbia University's required general education
course, 'Contemporary Civilization', in 1976. As for Latour's work, I first read
Laboratory Life in Mary Hesse’s MPhil seminar at Cambridge in 1980, and I remember
purchasing my copy of Science in Action (SIA) in the Brunel University bookshop shortly
after it came out in 1987. I had been there, I believe, courtesy of early Latour collaborator
Steve Woolgar. The trip also coincided with the founding of the journal Social Epistemology
at the Taylor & Francis headquarters in London. In both cases, my first impression was
very favourable – in a way that did not extend to the rest of their works.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Kuhn, Thomas S. -- Criticism and interpretation, Latour, Bruno -- Criticism and interpretation, Science -- Philosophy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Social Studies of Science | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0306-3127 | ||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.42 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 429-434 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0306312712437228 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 December 2015 |
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