Scientific graphs and the hierarchy of the sciences: A Latourian survey of inscription practices (original) (raw)
Social studies of …, 2000
Abstract
Abstract Studies comparing the cognitive status of the sciences have long sought to identify the distinguishing features ofhard'andsoft'science. Attempts by philosophers of science to ground such distinctions in abstract principles and by sociologists of science to detect relevant differences (for example, in consensus levels) have met with limited success. However, recent investigations of scientists' concrete practices of data representation provide new leads on this problem. In particular, Bruno Latour has argued that graphs are ...
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