Towards a hermeneutic of technomedical objects |
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Authors: | Kjetil Rommetveit |
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Institution: | (1) Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7800, Allegt. 32, 5020 Bergen, Norway |
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Abstract: | In this article I consider some central aspects of the naturalist philosophy of science and science and technology studies
in dealing with the contested status of technoscience in medicine. Focusing on the concepts of realism and representation,
I argue that theories of science-as-practice in naturalist philosophy of science should expand their scope so as to reflect
more thoroughly on the social and political context of technoscience. I develop a hermeneutic of technomedical objects in
order to highlight the internal connectedness between social action, material agency, and the actions of scientific communities.
The framework thus developed is used to re-consider the genomic turn in medicine. Pointing to the discrepancies between socially
dominant representations of genomic technology and the actual interventions brought about through those technologies, I raise
the question of how and where to address problems of theory and policy.
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Keywords: | Naturalist philosophy of science Science and technology studies Technoscience Representation Realism Genomics |
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