Epistemological rupture

Epistemological rupture (epistemological break or epistemological obstacle; French: obstacle épistémologique, rupture épistémologique), is a notion introduced in 1938 by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard,[1][2] and later used by Louis Althusser.[3]

Overview

Bachelard proposed that the history of science is replete with "epistemological obstacles"—or unthought/unconscious structures that were immanent within the realm of the sciences, such as principles of division (e.g., mind/body). The history of science, Bachelard asserted, consisted in the formation and establishment of these epistemological obstacles, and then the subsequent tearing down of the obstacles. This latter stage is an epistemological rupture—where an unconscious obstacle to scientific thought is thoroughly ruptured or broken away from.

Etymology

Epistemology, from the Greek words episteme (knowledge) and logos ("word, speech") is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, origin and scope of knowledge. Rupture, from Old French rupture or Latin ruptura, is defined as an instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely, as well as a breach of a harmonious link in a figurative way.

gollark: Alpine is quite nice because I can conveniently see every running process ever in one screen of `htop`.
gollark: I run a mix of distros on my various computers for no particular reason.
gollark: I didn't say it did. I just think it's not always a workable or good goal.
gollark: For example, you're stuck with whatever interfaces you come up with forever, even though they might be bad, and can't easily add useful integration.
gollark: You can't disaggregate literally everything into small component parts without bad tradeoffs.

See also

Notes and references
  1. Gaston Bachelard, The Formation of the Scientific Mind: A Contribution to a Psychoanalysis of Objective Knowledge, Beacon Press, 1986 [1938], ISBN 978-0-8070-1501-8
  2. Mary Tiles, Bachelard, science and objectivity, 1984, p. 12
  3. Althusser, L. (1969), For Marx, translated by Ben Brewster, 33–34, Verso. ISBN 1-84467-052-X.
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