Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality
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Resumo: | The historiography of scientific studies has suffered from a great impact, that is rarely referred to, from anthropological analyses of magic in so-called primitive societies. The emphasis brought by criticism during the 1950/1960’s of Evans-Pritchard’s 1937 classic, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande, brought a fresh look at certainties already consolidated in Western thought, especially those relating to rational human characteristics and science. For the history, these criticisms were interesting because they were presented science as a historically situated activity, in the same way as magic. It favours, therefore, the proximity of historians tout court with the history of the sciences that resists its absences even today. This renewal helped to create a scenario that would enable David Bloor to develop the strong program of Sociology of Knowledge in the 1970s. Such a program indicates the analogous process that involves both the social production of beliefs and that of scientific truths. In this paper I evaluate the proximity of magic-science from the point of view of contemporary studies about scientific activity, questioning the concepts of rationality and logic as if they were exclusive qualities of scientific activity. |
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Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of RationalityScience and MagicRationalityLogicHistoriography of Science The historiography of scientific studies has suffered from a great impact, that is rarely referred to, from anthropological analyses of magic in so-called primitive societies. The emphasis brought by criticism during the 1950/1960’s of Evans-Pritchard’s 1937 classic, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande, brought a fresh look at certainties already consolidated in Western thought, especially those relating to rational human characteristics and science. For the history, these criticisms were interesting because they were presented science as a historically situated activity, in the same way as magic. It favours, therefore, the proximity of historians tout court with the history of the sciences that resists its absences even today. This renewal helped to create a scenario that would enable David Bloor to develop the strong program of Sociology of Knowledge in the 1970s. Such a program indicates the analogous process that involves both the social production of beliefs and that of scientific truths. In this paper I evaluate the proximity of magic-science from the point of view of contemporary studies about scientific activity, questioning the concepts of rationality and logic as if they were exclusive qualities of scientific activity.Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais2017-12-22info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/transversal/article/view/1500810.24117/2526-2270.2017.i3.02Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; No. 3 (2017): For the Diversity of the Historiography of ScienceTransversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; Núm. 3 (2017): For the Diversity of the Historiography of ScienceTransversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; No 3 (2017): For the Diversity of the Historiography of ScienceTransversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; n. 3 (2017): For the Diversity of the Historiography of Science2526-2270reponame:Transversal (Belo Horizonte)instname:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)instacron:UFMGenghttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/transversal/article/view/15008/11968Copyright (c) 2017 Carlos Alvarez Maiahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMaia, Carlos Alvarez2021-07-26T19:45:39Zoai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/15008Revistahttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/transversal/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/transversal/oaimauroconde@ufmg.br2526-22702526-2270opendoar:2021-07-26T19:45:39Transversal (Belo Horizonte) - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)false |
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Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality |
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Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality |
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Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality Maia, Carlos Alvarez Science and Magic Rationality Logic Historiography of Science |
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Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality |
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Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality |
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Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality |
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Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality |
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Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science: The Social-Historical Construction of Rationality |
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Maia, Carlos Alvarez |
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Maia, Carlos Alvarez |
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Maia, Carlos Alvarez |
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Science and Magic Rationality Logic Historiography of Science |
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Science and Magic Rationality Logic Historiography of Science |
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The historiography of scientific studies has suffered from a great impact, that is rarely referred to, from anthropological analyses of magic in so-called primitive societies. The emphasis brought by criticism during the 1950/1960’s of Evans-Pritchard’s 1937 classic, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande, brought a fresh look at certainties already consolidated in Western thought, especially those relating to rational human characteristics and science. For the history, these criticisms were interesting because they were presented science as a historically situated activity, in the same way as magic. It favours, therefore, the proximity of historians tout court with the history of the sciences that resists its absences even today. This renewal helped to create a scenario that would enable David Bloor to develop the strong program of Sociology of Knowledge in the 1970s. Such a program indicates the analogous process that involves both the social production of beliefs and that of scientific truths. In this paper I evaluate the proximity of magic-science from the point of view of contemporary studies about scientific activity, questioning the concepts of rationality and logic as if they were exclusive qualities of scientific activity. |
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2017 |
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2017-12-22 |
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Copyright (c) 2017 Carlos Alvarez Maia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
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Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; No. 3 (2017): For the Diversity of the Historiography of Science Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; Núm. 3 (2017): For the Diversity of the Historiography of Science Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; No 3 (2017): For the Diversity of the Historiography of Science Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science; n. 3 (2017): For the Diversity of the Historiography of Science 2526-2270 reponame:Transversal (Belo Horizonte) instname:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) instacron:UFMG |
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