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Testing Latour's app: a user's guide

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Author

  • Stefano Bigliardi

Summary, in English

I reconstruct Bruno Latour's ideas about science and religion and compare them to Ian G. Barbour's and Mikael Stenmark's models, as well as to the discussion of technology and religion developed by John C. Caiazza and Antje Jackelen. I show how using "Latour's App" enlightens some aspects of said models which Barbour and Stenmark themselves were seemingly struggling with, and that Caiazza's and Jackelen's views can be reconciled despite their apparent opposition. The result of such tests is an overall assessment of Latour's proposal. I argue that, under the disguise of a flamboyant and original language, Latour's method is not that distant from those of the other authors analyzed here, and that his discussion might conceal some unwelcome philosophical shortcomings.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

890-903

Publication/Series

Zygon

Volume

49

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences

Keywords

  • Ian G. Barbour
  • John C. Caiazza
  • constructivism
  • Antje Jackelen
  • Bruno
  • Latour
  • Mikael Stenmark
  • technology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0591-2385