Kuhn was a physicist, then a historian of science, then a professor of
philosophy and linguistics. Interestingly, Hubert Dreyfus trained as a
physicist before working on Heidegger and Foucault. Dreyfus' book on
Heidegger, and his What Machines Still Can't Do show this interest in
technology and science.
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: Wynship Hillier <whi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, September 07, 1998 02:58
Subject: Re: Foucauldian examinations of The Market
>M.A. King wrote:
>
>> Didn't Kuhn start out as a practising scientist of some sort? I could be
>> mistaken. Anyway, off the top of my head, there's also Ruth Hubbard at
>> the University of Toronto, who was / has been a practising biologist for
>> most of her career.
>
>I don't know either, but Thomas Hughes had undergraduate training in
electrical engineering, Shiela Jasanoff in
>mathematics. Susan Fox Keller as well as Weibe Bijker (I think) have the
doctorate in physics, Donna Haraway in
>biology. My own philosophy of science professor was a former physicist.
The STS people, while consisting largely of
>science-haters, also have many science burnouts. (If you wondered where
Lyotard's demoralized scientists went...) But
>none of those people are doing any science whatsoever nowadays. People
crossing the other direction, from liberal arts
>to science, are more rare (my chem prof. was a former Presbyterian
minister). But its the same thing -- the former
>career has been dropped entirely. There's no dialog accross the gap. I'll
check out Ruth Hubbard, though. Thanks for
>mentioning her. The name's not familiar.
>
>Wynship
>
>
>
philosophy and linguistics. Interestingly, Hubert Dreyfus trained as a
physicist before working on Heidegger and Foucault. Dreyfus' book on
Heidegger, and his What Machines Still Can't Do show this interest in
technology and science.
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: Wynship Hillier <whi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, September 07, 1998 02:58
Subject: Re: Foucauldian examinations of The Market
>M.A. King wrote:
>
>> Didn't Kuhn start out as a practising scientist of some sort? I could be
>> mistaken. Anyway, off the top of my head, there's also Ruth Hubbard at
>> the University of Toronto, who was / has been a practising biologist for
>> most of her career.
>
>I don't know either, but Thomas Hughes had undergraduate training in
electrical engineering, Shiela Jasanoff in
>mathematics. Susan Fox Keller as well as Weibe Bijker (I think) have the
doctorate in physics, Donna Haraway in
>biology. My own philosophy of science professor was a former physicist.
The STS people, while consisting largely of
>science-haters, also have many science burnouts. (If you wondered where
Lyotard's demoralized scientists went...) But
>none of those people are doing any science whatsoever nowadays. People
crossing the other direction, from liberal arts
>to science, are more rare (my chem prof. was a former Presbyterian
minister). But its the same thing -- the former
>career has been dropped entirely. There's no dialog accross the gap. I'll
check out Ruth Hubbard, though. Thanks for
>mentioning her. The name's not familiar.
>
>Wynship
>
>
>