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Beyond Scientific Objectivity : Knowing about Right and Wrong
2007
Our way of seeing things depends upon the state of our minds. We can look at the world through the lenses of love, hate or indifference. What remains largely unquestioned about science is its essence. Scientific objectivity is not free from subjectivity. I argue that objective, scientific knowledge is a partial knowledge based on indifference, the state of mind that constitutes the scientific attitude. Hate does not produce knowledge at all, but reinforces our prejudices. However, love gives the possibility of knowing someone or something fully, and not only as an object. Once we accept that our experiences, thoughts, and feelings are not incommunicable, we can arrive at inter-subjective an…
L’Art de l’étrange chez Marie NDiaye : enjeux artistiques et sociaux d’une écriture singulière ("La Sorcière" et "Mon Cœur à l’étroit")
2013
Papers from a conference organized at the Université de Mannheim in May 2011; International audience; no abstract