Gaston Bachelard and the Notion of “Phenomenotechnique”

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23142251
AutoresHans-Jörg Rheinberger (0000-0003-3741-4250, Max Planck Society, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume13
Fascículo3
Páginas313-328
Data de publicação2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPerspectives on Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1063-6145 • E-ISSN: 1530-9274
EditoraMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/106361405774288026
OpenAlexW1970221646
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências 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