Rejecting the notion that there is anything like an "essence" of early modern science, Shapin emphasizes the social practices by which scientific knowledge was produced and the social purposes for which it was intended. He shows how the conduct of science emerged from a wide arr…
Rejecting the notion that there is anything like an "essence" of early modern science, Shapin emphasizes the social practices by which scientific knowledge was produced and the social purposes for which it was intended. He shows how the conduct of science emerged from a wide arr…
"Les techniques promettent abondance et bonheur; elles définissent la condition humaine d’aujourd’hui. Pourquoi les contester, et à quoi bon? Les discours technocritiques ne masquent-ils pas des peurs irrationnelles, un conservatisme suranné, voire un propos réactionnaire? Pourt…