Testing Latour's App: A User's Guide

I reconstruct Bruno Latour's ideas about science and religion and compare them to Ian G. Barbour's and Mikael Stenmark's models, as well as to the discussion of technology and religion developed by John C. Caiazza and Antje Jackelén. I show how using “Latour's App” enlightens som...

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Main Author: Bigliardi, Stefano (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2014
In: Zygon
Year: 2014, Volume: 49, Issue: 4, Pages: 890-903
Further subjects:B Mikael Stenmark
B Bruno Latour
B Technology
B Antje Jackelén
B Ian G. Barbour
B Constructivism
B John C. Caiazza
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Summary:I reconstruct Bruno Latour's ideas about science and religion and compare them to Ian G. Barbour's and Mikael Stenmark's models, as well as to the discussion of technology and religion developed by John C. Caiazza and Antje Jackelén. I show how using “Latour's App” enlightens some aspects of said models which Barbour and Stenmark themselves were seemingly struggling with, and that Caiazza's and Jackelén's views can be reconciled despite their apparent opposition. The result of such tests is an overall assessment of Latour's proposal. I argue that, under the disguise of a flamboyant and original language, Latour's method is not that distant from those of the other authors analyzed here, and that his discussion might conceal some unwelcome philosophical shortcomings.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12129