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How Scientific Instruments Speak: Postphenomenology and Technological Mediations in Neuroscientific Practice(Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology)

How Scientific Instruments Speak: Postphenomenology and Technological Mediations in Neuroscientific Practice(Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology)


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Science is highly dependent on technologies to observe scientific objects. For example, astronomers need telescopes to observe planetary movements, and cognitive neuroscience depends on brain imaging technologies to investigate human cognition. But how do such technologies shape scientific practice, and how do new scientific objects come into being when new technologies are used in science? In How Scientific Instruments Speak, Bas de Boer develops a philosophical account of how technologies shape the reality that scientists study, arguing that we should understand scientific instruments as mediating technologies. Rather than mute tools serving pre-existing human goals, scientific instruments play an active role in shaping scientific work. De Boer uses this account to discuss how brain imaging and stimulation technologies mediate the way in which cognitive neuroscientists investigate human cognitive functions. The development of cognitive neuroscience runs parallel with the development of advanced brain imaging technologies, drawing a lot of public attention-sometimes called “neurohype”-because of its alleged capacity to demystify the human mind. By analyzing how the objects that cognitive neuroscientists study are mediated by brain imaging technologies, de Boer explicates the processes by which human cognition is investigated.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction: Technological Mediations and (Neuro-)Scientific Practice Part 1: Towards a Theory of Technological Mediations in Scientific Practice Chapter 1: Scientific Instruments as Mediating Technologies and the Collectivity of Scientific Practice Chapter 2: “Technology” and “Human-Technology Relations” Chapter 3: Science and the Theoretical Disclosure of Nature Chapter 4: To the Scientific Objects Themselves: Gaston Bachelard's Phenomenotechnique Chapter 5: Bruno Latour and the Difference Between Technical and Technological Mediations Part 2: A Postphenomenological Ethnomethodology of Neuroscientific Practice Chapter 6: Postphenomenology as Ethnomethodology: Studying How Reality is Accomplished Through the Appropriation of Technological Mediations Chapter 7: Constituting “Visual Attention” in the Cognitive Neurosciences Chapter 8: “Braining” Neuropsychiatric Experiments Conclusion: A Philosophy of Technological Mediation as a Philosophy of Scientific Practice

About the Author :
Bas de Boer is a philosopher of technoscience working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Twente.

Review :
de Boer attempts to challenge established scientific epistemology. How Scientific Instruments Speak can be read either as a theoretical exploration of the philosophy of science and technology, or as solid empirical research on the routine practice of current neuroscience. In addition, this book can shed light on the potential of interdisciplinary research between humanities and neuroscience regarding the institutionalized methods and theory within scientific collectives. It can also help examine how critical neuroscience can impact the practices of neuroscientists. This author argues that technology mediates the reality that is studied by scientists. In accomplishing this, de Boer takes a fascinating turn at studying the reliance of cognitive neuroscience on its advanced medical technologies, focusing in particular on the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)…De Boer's arguments seamlessly straddle two domains: the philosophy of science-by looking carefully at the role of justification-and the philosophy of technology-by focusing on how humans relate to the world through tools and technologies. Researchers in both philosophy of science and philosophy of technology will no doubt want to heed de Boer's important contribution. Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. How Scientific Instruments Speak sheds a radically new light on the role of technology in scientific practice. With a strong focus on neuroscience, Bas de Boer explains with much rigor and depth how scientific instruments help to shape the frameworks of scientific interpretation and explanation. A much-needed and innovative contribution to the philosophy of science, the philosophy of technology, and their intersections. This wonderfully written and well-researched book on material hermeneutics, postphenomenology, and technological mediations in neuroscientific practice-was recently published in the Lexington Books series Postphenomenology and Philosophy of Technology. In sum, de Boer's book is thought provoking, it provides fresh perspectives to the area of postphenomenology, and it is highly readable and written in an accessible and engaging language. He explains terms and concepts to such a degree that the book easily can be read by almost any student wanting to understand what postphenomenology is and as such, it can very well serve as an introduction to postphenomenology.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781978779105
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology
  • ISBN-10: 1978779100
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jan 2021
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Sub Title: Postphenomenology and Technological Mediations in Neuroscientific Practice


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