Cultural Critique · 1985 · 96 citations · 0 references
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It appears as though the question cannot be solved. Every scientific universe seems to have its own world view, its stakes, its protocols of experimentation [exprience], its technology, its syntax: isolated, cut-off from the others. From what point of view, then, can one span these different horizons, seeking out their meeting grounds, workable intersections, possible cross-overs? By what right can one assume a stance outside? How does one arrive at it? Historically there was a God who transcended any episteme. But if and when . .. science is in power, God is dead