Theoretical Artifacts and Theorizing Practices

Régis Catinaud (1, 2) , Frédéric Wieber (2)

1 UNIGE - Université de Genève = University of Geneva
2 LHSP - Laboratoire d'Histoire des Sciences et de Philosophie - Archives Henri Poincaré

Mots clés: chemists’ practices; functional perspective on explanation; human agency; Klein Ursula; Mendeleev’s table; Meyer’s graph; patterns of reasoning; periodic law (in Chemistry); pluralism; productivity (of a tool); representational format; theories as artifacts; theorizing practices; tools; Woody Andrea

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Régis Catinaud, Frédéric Wieber. Theoretical Artifacts and Theorizing Practices: Commentary on “Chemistry’s Periodic Law: Rethinking Representation and Explanation after the Turn to Practice”, by Andrea Woody. Léna Soler; Sjoerd Zwart; Michael Lynch; Vincent Israel-Jost. Science After the Practice Turn in Philosophy, History, and Social Studies of Science, 14, Routledge, pp.151-160, 2014, Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 978-0-415-72295-7. ⟨hal-01223231⟩