Abstract
In this paper, we discuss the potentialities and challenges of historical approaches related to the Symmetrical Anthropology proposed by Bruno Latour and collaborators. To accomplish this goal, first, we provide a brief account about how Sociology and Anthropology of Science evolved, stressing how these different movements correlate with historiographical approaches. Second, we introduce the metaphysical scheme of Symmetrical Anthropology and discuss which characteristics a historical narrative should have to be consistent with this world vision. Third, we briefly describe the articulation of the Uncertainty Principle focusing on appropriating such characteristics. Based on this concrete historical account, we discuss the potentialities and challenges of this approach to History of Physics.
Highlights
As any other utterance, historical narratives cannot be understood in isolation, since they are committed to different values, world views, and, in the case of the history of science, to different conceptions about nature of science
Translations, Betrayals and Controversies in the Articulation of The Uncertainty Principle: Potentialities and Challenges of a Symmetrical History of Physics Nathan Willig Lima; Gabriela Gomes Rosa; Miguel Rocha Bento approaches always correlate with the various disciplines of their time
Our main goal is to discuss the potentialities and the challenges of historical approaches that are, at some level, committed to the worldview that underlies what Bruno Latour (1993) calls Symmetrical Anthropology4 – which has not been much explored in the field of History of Physics
Summary
Historical narratives cannot be understood in isolation, since they are committed to different values, world views, and, in the case of the history of science, to different conceptions about nature of science. Translations, Betrayals and Controversies in the Articulation of The Uncertainty Principle: Potentialities and Challenges of a Symmetrical History of Physics Nathan Willig Lima; Gabriela Gomes Rosa; Miguel Rocha Bento approaches always correlate with the various disciplines of their time (such as sociology, philosophy, anthropology, and sciences themselves). In this sense, the historiographic work consists of making this correlation explicit. Our main goal is to discuss the potentialities and the challenges of historical approaches that are, at some level, committed to the worldview that underlies what Bruno Latour (1993) calls Symmetrical Anthropology4 – which has not been much explored in the field of History of Physics. To make the potentialities and challenges of the approach clearer, we introduce a symmetrical history account of the articulation of the Uncertainty Principle. And, we present our final remarks
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