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Record Nr.

UNINA9910869174603321

Autore

Vagelli Matteo

Titolo

Reconsidering Historical Epistemology : French and Anglophone Styles in History and Philosophy of Science / / by Matteo Vagelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9783031615559

9783031615542

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 pages)

Collana

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, , 2215-1958 ; ; 61

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Philosophy - History

Science - Philosophy

Knowledge, Theory of

Technology

History

History of Philosophy

Philosophy of Science

Epistemology

History of Technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Reassessing the “Historical Turn” in Philosophy of Science -- 3. Contemporary Historical Epistemologies -- 4. What (Good) is French Historical Epistemology? -- 5. Bachelard’s “Normative Turn” in Epistemology -- 6. Canguilhem’s Historiography Of The Life Sciences -- 7. Foucault’s Archaeological History -- 8. Hacking’s Styles of Scientific Reasoning -- 9. Styles of Science, Styles of Philosophy.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the key conceptual stakes underpinning historical epistemology. The strong Anglophone interest in historical epistemology, since at least the 1990s, is typically attributed to its simultaneously philosophical and historical synthetic approach to the study of science. Yet this account, considered by critics to be an unreflective assumption, has prevented historical epistemology from developing a clear understanding and definition, especially regarding



how precisely historical and philosophical reflections on the sciences should be combined. Thus, this book uniquely analyses how the problems and tensions inherent to the “contemporary” phase of historical epistemology can be clarified by reference to the “classical” French phase. The archaeological method of Michel Foucault, which draws on and transforms fundamental insights by Gaston Bachelard and Georges Canguilhem, is used to exert an enduring influence on the field—especially through the work of Ian Hacking and his philosophical cum historical analyses of “styles of scientific reasoning”. Though this book is of great value to academic specialists and graduate students, the fact it addresses questions broad in scope ensures it is also relevant to a range of scholars in many disciplines and will provoke discussion among those interested in foundational issues in history and philosophy of science.