「強」不強有關係：布洛爾訪談錄

Go Strong or Go Home: An Interview with David Bloor

李正風(Zheng-Feng Li) ； 黃瑞祺(Ruey-Chyi Hwang) ； 黃之棟(Chih-Tung Huang)

《科技醫療與社會》 10期 (2010/04) Pp. 237-264

https://doi.org/10.6464/TJSSTM.201004.0237

摘要

大衛布洛爾教授是科技與社會領域中少數享譽國際的著名學者。在他的名著《知識與社會意象》一書出版之後，強綱領以及這個綱領的四大信條更成為所有科技與社會人（STSer）皆能琅琅上口的詞語。布洛爾教授是愛丁堡學派的開創者之一，這個學派創建至今已歷時三十載。該學派最重要的主張之一，是認為科學知識是在一定的社會脈絡中建構出來的。由於這個緣故，這個學派認為社會學家可以用社會學的方法來對科學知識本身進行分析。本篇訪談主要涵蓋的範圍是有限論的部分。布氏從有限論的意義談起，然後回顧了愛丁堡學派的源起，以及近三十年來的進展。對他而言，強綱領還是一如往常的「強」，但整個科技與社會研究卻漸漸的「弱」了下去。此外，我們也問及了布洛爾教授最近的研究重心。在提及他的最新研究之餘，布教授也藉由自己的研究，來向初學者說明如何才能選定一個恰當的研究主題。在訪談的尾聲，布洛爾教授也對東亞的科技與社會研究提出了建言。藉由布洛爾教授的闡釋，我們對愛丁堡學派的認識又往前邁進了一大步。

並列摘要

Widely read in many areas, Professor David Bloor is arguably the pre-eminent authority in the field of STS (Science, Technology and Society). Since his influential book, Knowledge and Social Imagery, was published in 1976, the Strong Programme and its four tenets have become widely known. Professor Bloor was a member of the so-called Edinburgh School who proposed that scientific knowledge could not, and should not, be exempted from sociological analysis. Inspired by Witthensteins philosophy, Professor Bloor and his colleagues introduced the concept of finitism to further explain why all knowledge claims are constructed in a specific social frame, to which sociologists have a lot to contribute. Noting the special intellectual position of finitism, this interview started from this topic. We then moved onto the achievements of the Strong Programme in the past thirty years. Professor Bloor also explained his recent work and the way STS beginners discover meaningful case studies. We ended this interview by asking his suggestions toward the burgeoning STS field in East-Asia. This interview with Professor Bloor is a step toward a deeper understanding of Edinburgh School.

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