rationality

L'ensemble des articles ayant pour mot clé : rationality

Ouvroir de science potentielle.

Prénoms propres, nom commun.

Xavier BernierOlivier Lazzarotti et Jacques Lévy | 01.06.2021

Based on three people who have nothing in common but sharing the same surname, the text describes their possible links and formulates interpretative conclusions which put them into perspective. Beyond that, however, the main question of this ‘workroom-of potential-science’ experiment is whether it is possible to draw scientific conclusions from a corpus chosen on non-scientific criteria. [...]

Les murs de la critique.

Thomas Favre-Bulle | 11.11.2014

If by looking at a reality we cannot change the model we have of it, then this model teaches us nothing. The theoretical model of critical and radical theory is based on the concepts of alienation and reification. I argue that the objects of interest of these theories cannot contradict their theoretical model. Critical studies have fostered the emergence of new scientifically legitimate objects — gender, minorities — but have also built solid walls around them. There is contradiction [...]