Continuous Variations: The Conceptual and the Empirical in STS
Continuous Variations: The Conceptual and the Empirical in STS
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DOI：
10.1177/0162243913502866
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发表时间：
2014-03-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Jensen, Casper Bruun
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作者：
Jensen, Casper Bruun
概念和经验之间的二分法是常识的一部分，但它的组织力量也延伸到更普遍的知识生活，包括科学和技术研究（STS）的学科生活。本文质疑这种二分法，因为它在当代STS的讨论，而不是认为，概念和经验形式不稳定的杂交。从讨论STS中占主导地位的理论方法包被视为不满的讨论，它建议STS已进入一个阶段，类似库恩的正常科学。在讨论认知失调理论产生的基础上，指出在实际研究实践中，概念与经验的混合是不可避免的。这种情况可以被看作是一种鼓励更持续的探索概念经验的关系和他们的创造性潜力。文章在否定德勒兹和瓜塔里的连续变化概念的基础上，认为STS作为一门学科，其实践和概念实验的精神是很好的。
The dichotomy between the conceptual and the empirical is part of common sense, yet its organizing force also extends to intellectual life more generally, including the disciplinary life of science and technology studies (STS). This article problematizes this dichotomy as it operates in contemporary STS discussions, arguing instead that the conceptual and the empirical form unstable hybrids. Beginning with a discussion of the discontents with which the dominant theory methods packages in STS are viewed, it is suggested that STS has entered a phase resembling Kuhnian normal science. Based on a discussion of the making of cognitive dissonance theory, it is then argued conceptual-empirical mixtures are unavoidable in actual research practice. This situation can be taken as an encouragement for more sustained exploration of conceptual-empirical relations and their inventive potentials. Invoking Deleuze and Guattari's notion of continuous variation, the article concludes that STS as a discipline is well served by promoting an ethos of empirical and conceptual experimentation.