Curious to hear what folks in the #HistSTM community think about this new @aeonmag essay re: truth, Truth, science, and Science.
https://aeon.co/essays/its-time-for-a-robust-philosophical-defence-of-truth-in-science … …
(kudos to @samhaselby for bringing it to my eyes)
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I don't really get this dodge... "here's an approach that tries to square the circle, but I'm just going to dismiss it without any serious engagement whatsoever."pic.twitter.com/UY8ibG81M6
(One can disagree with Latour and fact-constructivism, to be sure, but neither should be just dismissed. Latour has put more work into the question of 'what are facts, really?' than Kuhn ever did.)
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I did find the author's eagerness to spar with Kuhn, instead of some more appropriate partners, odd.
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(And Latour's move of the claim from "here is how Nature works" to "here is the outcome of specific scientific research" actually is one way to re-center what we mean by a 'scientific fact' in a way that squares well with history and our live experiences.)
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(Last comment: there's also some irony in dismissing an idea as "radical" and "alienating" in a piece that celebrates the boldness of science over centuries of dogma etc. etc. "This idea is radical and alienating" is not an engagement with its truth status.)
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Hi Alex thanks for engaging with my piece. Clarification: I am not dismissing anyone (some of these including Kuhn and Goodman have been very influential for me and I regularly teach them). I was only reporting where my PoS community has moved to. That is the community I know.
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