{"product_id":"laboratory-epistemologies","title":"Laboratory Epistemologies","description":"In \u003ci\u003eLaboratory Epistemologies: A Hands-On Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e, Jenny Boulboullé examines the significance of hands-on experiences in contemporary life sciences laboratories. Addressing the relationship between contemplation and manipulation in epistemology, Boulboullé combines participant observations in molecular genetics labs and microbiological cleanrooms with a \u003ci\u003elongue durée\u003c\/i\u003e study of the history and philosophy of science. She radically rereads Descartes’s key epistemological text \u003ci\u003eMeditations on First Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, reframing the philosopher as a hands-on knowledge maker. With this reading, Boulboullé subverts the pervasive modern conception of the disembodied knower and puts the hands-on experimenter at the heart of life sciences research. In so doing, she contributes a theoretical model for understanding how life processes on cellular and molecular levels are manually produced in today’s techno-scientific spaces. By reassessing the Cartesian legacy and arguing that epistemology should be grounded in the standpoint of a hands-on practitioner, Boulboullé offers the philosophical and historical foundation to understand and study contemporary life sciences research as multisensory embodied practices.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57197623050622,"sku":"NW9781478030966","price":20.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781478030966.jpg?v=1778548896","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/laboratory-epistemologies","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}