{"id":13379,"date":"2021-05-20T17:50:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christopherpeet.ca\/?page_id=13379"},"modified":"2021-08-05T02:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T02:06:26","slug":"idealization-in-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christopherpeet.ca\/idealization-in-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Idealization in Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Idealization in Science: a Methodological Reflection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing from the example of Sigmund Koch\u2019s work, this paper examines the notion of scientific objectivity. Understanding \u201cscientific objectivity\u201d as a particular ideal which orients the production of scientific knowledge, I propose that scientific practitioners perform an idealization of their subject matter. This idealization is tacitly embedded within what Koch calls the \u201canalytical pattern\u201d of science. I speculate on the history of this embedding, sketching a route for the development of the notion of \u201cscientific objectivity\u201d from \u201cpre-objective\u201d phenomenal experience to the elaborated skillful activity of the scientific investigator. In the context of this skillful activity, idealization guides the making explicit of the tacitly experienced subject matter. It acts as a guide in the embodying of a set of values which the scientist upholds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peet, C. (2001). Idealization in science: a methodological reflection. In J. Morss, N. Stephenson, &amp; H. van Rappard, (Eds.),&nbsp;<em>Theoretical Issues in Psychology<\/em>, pp. 207-217.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherpeet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Idealization-in-science-a-methodological-reflection-1.pdf\"><strong>View and read the full article here<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherpeet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Idealization-in-science-a-methodological-reflection-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download><strong>Download the full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/christopherpeet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christopherpeet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-13.png 329w, https:\/\/christopherpeet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-13-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idealization in Science: a Methodological Reflection Drawing from the example of Sigmund Koch\u2019s work, this paper examines the notion of scientific objectivity. Understanding \u201cscientific objectivity\u201d as a particular ideal which orients the production of scientific knowledge, I propose that scientific practitioners perform an idealization of their subject matter. This idealization is tacitly embedded within what Koch calls the \u201canalytical pattern\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Idealization in Science - Christopher Peet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/christopherpeet.ca\/idealization-in-science\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Idealization in Science - Christopher Peet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Idealization in Science: a Methodological Reflection Drawing from the example of Sigmund Koch\u2019s work, this paper examines the notion of scientific objectivity. 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