Laboratory Ritual: Experimentation and the Advancement of Science
Technical achievement in laboratories requires millennia–old ritual formulations; the methodological expectations and presuppositions of scientists stem not only from investigations of the last three centuries but also from the ritual knowledge making that has governed human religion. Laboratory res...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities$s2024-
2002
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Zygon
Year: 2002, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 891-908 |
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Information networks
B quasi objects B pragmatic realism B LABORATORY B knowledge making B Realism B Ritual Theory B Experimentation B internal realism B scientific advancement B Experimental Science B Constructivism |
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| Summary: | Technical achievement in laboratories requires millennia–old ritual formulations; the methodological expectations and presuppositions of scientists stem not only from investigations of the last three centuries but also from the ritual knowledge making that has governed human religion. Laboratory research is a form of human ritual open to interpretation in the manner of religious ritual. The experiments of the laboratory are fact–gathering ventures, but the integration of that knowledge into our general understanding of a universe of information networks is the process of knowledge making, and it is the highest achievement of all rituals, be they religious or scientific. Ritual theory offers insight into the nature of scientific experimentation. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1467-9744.00463 |