The traces of the philosophical work. A sociologically - inspired programme for the history of a discipline and case - analysis

Conférence organisée par le Centre for Science, Technology, Society Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences.

Présentation de la conférence

In this paper I will sketch a program of research aiming at developing an approach of philosophical discoursivieties from a “materialist” perspective, namely an analysis that starts from the traces of a work (the archive) and underlines the collective dimension of this activity. I will take into account the French case, which is the one I know better. Finally I would like to discuss the extent to which this approach would contribute to a dialogue between, on the one hand, philosophy and epistemology, and, on the other hand the SHS.

Giuseppe Bianco is Research Fellow at the Paris Institute for Advanced Studies where he is studying the trajectory of Georges Canguilhem. He is the author of Après Bergson (Presses universitaires de France, 2015) and a co-editor of The Care of Life (Rowman, 2014).