Towards a Practical Form of Epistemology: The Case of Green Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.12697/spe.2012.5.2.04Keywords:
practices, agency, time, affordances, chemical transformations, partnershipAbstract
This paper explores how chemists are transforming their own current background in order to act upon the world without jeopardizing life. In this respect, I will envisage science as both a system of propositions and a set of engaged practices. The scrutiny of chemical innovations will allow me to query the concepts of paradigm and that of scientific community. In doing so, I will connect the philosophy of science with the philosophy of technology so as to think about our relation with the world.
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