STS200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Bruno Latour, Nominalism, Luddite
7 Dec 2018
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Read winner about racist bridges: winner does not believe in the social determination of technology. This one is social constructivism: the social constructivist, according to hacking is both an empiricist and a nominalist. A nominalist is not an essentialist: a nominalist says the truth is what we make of the world, not that the truth is just out there. We make shit up that is useful. world. Actor-network theory (not on test: an empiricist believes in external explanations of scientific stability. We put truths onto the: networks are comprised of actors/actants. Talking about final essay: follow instructions on eclass, we still want analysis like before but now we also want criticism, use both canticle and course pack, integrate, look at mumford, we"re talking about progress in this essay. The one who talked about luddism (who was this?).
