Article ID: CBB343956899

Scientific Objectivity and Subjectivity in Eighteenth Century Pharmacology (2019)

unapi

This article examines an often neglected topic in the history of science, namely clinical observation, specifically the objectivity and knowledge production associated with therapeutic trials. It will describe an eighteenth and nineteenth century pharmacological concept of objectivity and exemplify that concept using late nineteenth century European cocaine research. As conceived within clinical drug research, this concept of objectivity does not correspond with those described by Daston and Galison in their seminal book Objectivity (2007). I will explore the implications of this "new" concept of objectivity—as compared to the "old" ones postulated by Daston and Galison—for their core propositions.

...More
Citation URI
https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB343956899/

Similar Citations

Article Shapin, Steven; (2012)
The Sciences of Subjectivity (/isis/citation/CBB001250744/)

Thesis Watson, Cecelia Alexandre; (2011)
William James and John La Farge: The Search for Truth in Art, Science, and Philosophy (/isis/citation/CBB001567324/)

Article Carlo Ginzburg; (2017)
Schemi, preconcetti, esperimenti a doppio cieco. Riflessioni di uno storico (/isis/citation/CBB147802268/)

Book Anagnostou, Sabine; (2011)
Missionspharmazie: Konzepte, Praxis, Organisation und wissenschaftliche Ausstrahlung (/isis/citation/CBB001250367/)

Chapter Uus, Undo; (2001)
The Glory and Misery of Modern Science (/isis/citation/CBB000102685/)

Article Mouzelis, Nicos; (2000)
The Subjectivist-Objectivist Divide: Against Transcendence (/isis/citation/CBB000110012/)

Essay Review Dear, Peter; Hacking, Ian; Jones, Matthew L.; Daston, Lorraine; Galison, Peter; (2012)
Objectivity in Historical Perspective (/isis/citation/CBB001566761/)

Book Esha Shah; (2018)
Who Is the Scientist-Subject?: Affective History of the Gene (/isis/citation/CBB881962010/)

Article István Rév; (2019)
Neither Objective nor Subjective (/isis/citation/CBB495362445/)

Article Toader, Iulian D.; (2013)
Concept Formation and Scientific Objectivity: Weyl's Turn against Husserl (/isis/citation/CBB001320797/)

Book Daston, Lorraine; Galison, Peter; (2007)
Objectivity (/isis/citation/CBB000773344/)

Review Stoliarova, Olga; (2010)
Review of "Objectivity" (/isis/citation/CBB001230059/)

Book Parsons, Keith M.; (2014)
It Started with Copernicus: Vital Questions about Science (/isis/citation/CBB001510107/)

Authors & Contributors
Galison, Peter Louis
Daston, Lorraine J.
Waidner, Isabel
Rivest, Justin
Rév, István
Parsons, Keith M.
Concepts
Objectivity
Subjectivity
Philosophy of science
Methodology of science; scientific method
Scientific illustration
Visual representation; visual communication
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
21st century
20th century
Early modern
20th century, late
Places
France
Europe
Comments

Be the first to comment!

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}

Log in or register to comment