Objectivity and the Scientist
Heisenberg Rethinks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4516010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathryn Carson (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 243-269 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science in Context (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0269889703000723 |
| OpenAlex | W2111520239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 34 |
ArgumentObjectivity has been constitutive of the modern scientific persona. Its significance has depended on its excision of standpoint, which has legitimated the scientist epistemically and sociopolitically at once. But if the nineteenth century reinforced those paired effects, the twentieth century brought questioning of both. The figure of Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976) puts the latter process on display. From the Kaiserreich to the Federal Republic of Germany, between quantum mechanics and interest group politics, his evolution shows an increasing openness to perspectival pluralism, together with an attempt to save some form of objectivity as discursive coherence. Heisenberg's self-understanding and the reactions of his publics display the transmutation of the persona as objectivity was rethought. By the end of the day, speaking "as a scientist" would mean something different from what it had at the start
Epistemology · Humanities · Normative · Openness to experience · Persona · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy, Science, and History · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |