Bruno Latour, de wetenschapssocioloog, onderzoekt wat in een laboratorium rondgaat

X - morphising : review essay of Bruno Latour ' s Aramis

An extended review is presented of Bruno Latour's book Aramis, or the Love of Technology (Harvard University Press, 1996). Attention is paid to the textual style and strategies in the book, and also to how it fits in with, and exemplifies, many of the more abstract claims central to Latour's actor-network theory. In particular, consideration is given to the provocative arguments in the book abo...

Bruno Latour: A Philosophical Critic of ‘Facts’ and ‘Modernity’

Bruno de Finetti and Imprecision

We review several of de Finetti’s fundamental contributions where these have played and continue to play an important role in the development of imprecise probability research. Also, we discuss de Finetti’s few, but mostly critical remarks about the prospects for a theory of imprecise probabilities, given the limited development of imprecise probability theory as that was known to him.

The materiality of things? Bruno Latour, Charles Péguy and the history of science

This article sheds new light on Bruno Latour’s sociology of science and technology by looking at his early study of the French writer, philosopher and editor Charles Péguy (1873–1914). In the early 1970s, Latour engaged in a comparative study of Péguy’s Clio and the four gospels of the New Testament. His 1973 contribution to a Péguy colloquium (published in 1977) offers rich insights into his i...

Bruno de Finetti ’ s encounter with martingales

An account of the first encounter, in 1938, of de Finetti with the notion of martingale is given. The reasons, of an actuarial nature, which led him to deal with the subject are explained, along with a description of the ensuing original contributions to the specific field of martingales. The value of some of his conclusions is, then, discussed in the light of later development of the theory. T...