期刊名称:Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science
电子版ISSN:2526-2270
出版年度:2020
期号:8
页码:41-58
DOI:10.24117/2526-2270.2020.i8.05
出版社:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
摘要:Does science depend on its historical context? Does understanding science as a social construction demand us to abandon rationalist perspectives of knowledge? Based on these issues, this article aims to discuss epistemological questions concerning the problem of the historicity of sciences. In first part, we analyze how different philosophical systems conceptualize this problem and point out to tensions that emerge when one tries to reconcile a rationalist with a historicist perspective of knowledge. Then, we discuss the sociological epistemology of Pierre Bourdieu arguing that the field autonomy is a key concept to understand what the author denominates the “social conditions of the progress of reason”. Finally, we present criteria to delimit the most relevant contexts in a case study on the history of science.
关键词:Pierre Bourdieu; Scientific Field; Epistemology; Historiography of Science
其他关键词:Pierre BourdieuScientific FieldEpistemologyHistoriography of Science