Pignuoli, S. 2015. La posición epistemológica del constructivismo simétrico de Bruno Latour Cinta moebio 52: 91-103

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The epistemological position of the symmetric constructivism of Bruno Latour

Dr. Sergio Pignuoli-Ocampo (spignuoli@conicet.gov.ar) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas y Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Abstract

In this paper we reconstruct the epistemological foundations of the symmetrical constructivism that underlies in the actor-network theory by Bruno Latour. The elements reconstructed are the diagnostics about the shrinking of sociology, the programmatic lines of his sociology of association and the epistemological components of the symmetrical constructivism assumed by the author. Results are discussed under the light of the differentiation of the programme in respect to the social constructivism of the strong programme by Bloor.

Keywords: Latour, constructivism, generalized symmetry, association, actor-network theory