Scholarly Article
Objectivity according to Lacaze-Duthiers
Carrau, T.
2023-06-01 · Life and Environment · Sorbonne Université
Abstract
We celebrated in 2021 the bicentenary of Lacaze-Duthiers. In this paper, we will focus on the epistemology of Lacaze-Duthiers by showing how the relationship to knowledge is part of history, evolves over time and also transforms the relationship to oneself. Thus, we will give an explanation of Lacaze-Duthiers' temperament according to his relationship to science and truth. The positivism that accompanies Lacaze-Duthiers' zoology organizes his way of life down to the details of his own intimacy. Thus, Lacaze-Duthiers is part of the momentum of an objectivist epistemology which seeks to annihilate a subjectivity which is then considered deviant. Finally, we will see that beyond the pure work of zoology, Lacaze-Duthiers worked for the development of a real epistemic network in order to place experimental zoology in a sustainable position. It is therefore between a purist vision of science and networking that the strong personality of Lacaze-Duthiers was forged. DOI: 10.57890/VIEMILIEU/2022.72.3/4:53-61
Keywords
Experimentalzoology, Lacaze-Duthiers, Epistemology, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Aragolaboratory, Objectivity, Mechanic objectivity, Epistemic virtue, Positivism
Citation Details
Life and Environment, pp. 53-61