Gaston Bachelard and the Notion of “Phenomenotechnique”

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23142251
AutoresHans-Jörg Rheinberger (0000-0003-3741-4250, Max Planck Society, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen13
Número3
Páginas313-328
Fecha de publicación2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPerspectives on Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1063-6145 • E-ISSN: 1530-9274
EditorialMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/106361405774288026
OpenAlexW1970221646
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas5

The paper aims at an analysis of the oeuvre of the French historian of science and epistemologist Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962). Bachelard was the founder of a tradition of French thinking about science that extended from Jean Cavaillès over Georges Canguilhem to Michel Foucault. In the past, he has become best known and criticized for his postulation of an epistemological rupture between everyday experience and scientific experience. In my analysis, I emphasize another aspect of the work of Bachelard. It is the way he conceptualizes the relation between scientific thinking and technology in modern science. Within this framework, the notion of "phenomenotechnique" is of crucial importance. It is one of the organizing concepts of Bachelard's historical epistemology, and it serves as the organizing center of this paper.

Epistemology · Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts · Historical and Scientific Studies · Philosophy · Philosophy and Social Theory