Thoreau, François and Neicu, Maria (2010) Taming the “Publication Machine”: Generating Unity, Engaging the Trading Zones. Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, 4 (1). pp. 163-172. ISSN 1913-0465
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Abstract
In this paper, we explore the particular issue of a biomedical research team engaging itself in different “trading zones” (Galison 1997). We do so by following the specific process of setting up a new microscope. We start by briefly introducing our general understanding of the concept of “trading zone.” Then we focus on the empirical material we collected, starting from the microscope as the researchers we followed were setting it up. Our analysis is twofold: we first describe the acts we have been witnessing, then contrast them with the surrounding discourses and provide them with a rationale. We argue that the team created a sense of unity among its individual members and how this unity, though precarious, was needed and desired in order to further engage in a trading zone.
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| Keywords: | Scientific Realism; Epistemic Issues; Epistemology of Science | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Jordan Miller | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2021 03:06 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2021 03:06 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 17911 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science | |||||||||
| Publisher: | The University of Toronto | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.4245/sponge.v4i1.11944 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 30 August 2010 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 163-172 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 4 | |||||||||
| Number: | 1 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1913-0465 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17911 |
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