Stimmung/Nastrój as Content of Modern Science: On Musical Metaphors in Ludwik Fleck’s Theory of Thought Styles and Thought Collectives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Jarnicki
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Musical Meaning ◽  
Theory Of Science ◽  
Thought Style ◽  
Thought Collective ◽  
Thought Styles ◽  
Lost In Translation

AbstractThought style and thought collective are two well-known concepts from Ludwik Fleck’s theory of science, which he originally formulated in Polish and German. This paper contends that these two concepts cannot be fully understood without a third—Stimmung/nastrój, which is one of the musical metaphors that play an important role in Fleck’s thinking. Because it is most often translated into English as “mood”, Fleck’s musical metaphors are mostly lost in translation, appearing as mere rhetoric. Only if and when we understand Stimmung/nastrój in the musical meaning of attunement, we can fully understand thought collectives, for which Stimmung/nastrój is sine qua non, and thought style, which appears if and when a collective turns out to be an enduring and not a momentary one.

KEBENARAN TUHAN DI DALAM AL-QUR’AN

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Dimisqi Chaerul Anam
Keyword(s):  
Human Embryo ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Theory Of Science

This writing is try to explain and proven the truth of Kalam Muhammad in Quran especially al mukminun : 12-14 verses. Two important things in this explanation are first , theory of science is not wrong and some part of them have relevancy with quran. Modern science find the synchronizationof qur’an in the step of creat human embryo whereas quran was arrival in 7 century. Secondly the truth of quran as wahyu which the contain and meaning had been impossible could be done by people in the seven century so there is no suspicion with quran.

»Eigentümlicher Denkzauber« und »die Aura der Begriffe«

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-288
Author(s):  
Pola Groß
Keyword(s):  
Thought Style ◽  
Language Play ◽  
Thought Collective ◽  
Scientific Facts ◽  
Art And Language ◽  
Scholarly Attention

AbstractThis article approaches Ludwik Fleck’s work from a literary perspective. It argues that Fleck is not only concerned with how scientific facts emerge, but, in accordance with his broader epistemology, with how different knowledges of reality emerge, through intra- and intercollective migrations of concepts and thoughts through different styles of thinking. Thus, in order to comprehend such cognitive traversal, interpretation, which I take to be suggested in Fleck’s work, is required. In this, I draw on the work of Andrzej Przyłębski and Dimitri Ginev, who see an implicit hermeneutics anticipated in Fleck’s work. These writings are supplemented and expanded by considering the concept of style, including Fleck’s own style, before examining what role literature, art, and language play in Fleck’s conception of thought style and thought collective. To this end, Fleck’s article »The Problem of Epistemology« from 1936, which has received little scholarly attention so far, is highlighted.

De-colonizing the Historiography and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Part 1. Scientific Racism

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 19-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uroš Matić
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Ancient Egypt ◽  
Colonial Discourse ◽  
Scientific Racism ◽  
Ludwik Fleck ◽  
Thought Style ◽  
Thought Collective ◽  
Disciplinary History

Abstract The process of epistemological de-colonization of the historiography and archaeology of ancient Egypt and Nubia has begun unfolding only in the last two decades. It is still set in the context of descriptive disciplinary history with little reflection on and criticism of background theories and methods. As a consequence, some of the old approaches and concepts live on in the discipline. Utilizing the concepts of “thought collective” and “thought style” (sensu Ludwik Fleck) this paper analyzes previous works on ancient Egypt and Nubia written in the colonial discourse. Three key ideas run like threads through these works: 1. scientific racism, 2. socio-cultural evolution, and 3. colonial and imperial discourse. In this paper the emphasis will be put on scientific racism, its development, and its remnants in the archaeology and historiography of Egypt and Nubia.

KEBENARAN TUHAN DI DALAM AL-QUR’AN

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-126
Author(s):  
Dimisqi Chaerul Anam
Keyword(s):  
Human Embryo ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Theory Of Science

This writing is try to explain and proven the truth of Kalam Muhammad in Quran especially al mukminun : 12-14 verses. Two important things in this explanation are first , theory of science is not wrong and some part of them have relevancy with quran. Modern science find the synchronizationof qur’an in the step of creat human embryo whereas quran was arrival in 7 century. Secondly the truth of quran as wahyu which the contain and meaning had been impossible could be done by people in the seven century so there is no suspicion with quran.

Some Specific Features of the Serological Way of Thinking: A Methodological Study

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludwik Fleck
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Methodological Study ◽  
Thought Style ◽  
History Of ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Thought Styles

Those who criticize the theory of thought-styles do admit their existence, but would rather see them as an obstacle to an “objective” perception, a kind of malum necessarium to be eliminated. Through an analysis of the example of serology it is, however, possible to demonstrate that the specific sociological structure of the community of serologists and the history of this discipline are intrinsically connected with a particular serological thought-style, and that the very content of scientific knowledge in this discipline stems from its thought-style. It is impossible even to imagine a styleless scientific knowledge.

How knowledge gets made in neuroscience and molecular biology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wastell ◽  
Sue White
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Sociology Of Science ◽  
Thought Style ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Thought Styles ◽  
Made In

This Chapter provides an introduction to some key concepts from the philosophy and sociology of science and technology to examine how the sciences ‘think’. We make particular use of the concept of the “thought style”, drawn from the work of Ludwig Fleck. Two such styles are identified underpinning the biotechnological project: the neuroscientific and genetic thought-styles. Key features of these worldviews are identified and critiqued, highlighting their internal contradictions and constraints (e.g. the mythology that epigenetic inscriptions represent permanent changes in the phenotype). We designate the fusion of these two cognate belief systems as the neuromolecular thought-style.

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