Retroactivity in Science: Latour, Žižek, Kuhn
This article discusses three recent philosophers who speak in different ways about the retroactive construction of reality by human knowledge. Bruno Latour unapologetically claims that the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II could not have died of tuberculosis, as determined by a team of French doctors in 19...
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| Main Author: | Harman Graham |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Open Philosophy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2024-0036 |
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