Three Forms of Interpretative Flexibility

Meyer, Uli; Schulz-Schaeffer, Ingo

Three Forms of Interpretative Flexibility

dc.contributor.author	Meyer, Uli	de
dc.contributor.author	Schulz-Schaeffer, Ingo	de
dc.date.accessioned	2010-02-24T11:58:34Z
dc.date.available	2010-02-24T11:58:34Z
dc.date.issued	2006-07	de
dc.description.abstract	Interpretative flexibility is a central concept of social constructivism in science and technology studies. We think this concept, as it exists, can and should be elaborated. In this paper, we argue that interpretative flexibility can be traced back to three different forms of infinite regress: the regress of truth, the regress of usefulness, and the regress of relevance. Resulting from this analysis, we observe three different forms of interpretative flexibility. We will show that in controversies or debates concerning the meaning of certain scientific facts, technological artefacts or research approaches, concurrently or consecutively more than one of these different forms of interpretative flexibility may play a part. With this reconceptualisation of interpretative flexibility, we hope to contribute to a more elaborate understanding of the dynamics of the social construction of scientific facts and technological artefacts.	en
dc.identifier.issn	1861-3675	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2003/26747
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-971
dc.language.iso	en	de
dc.publisher	Technische Universität Dortmund	de
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Science, Technology & Innovation Studies	en
dc.subject.ddc	300	de
dc.subject.ddc	330	de
dc.title	Three Forms of Interpretative Flexibility	en
dc.type	Text	de
dc.type.publicationtype	article	de
dcterms.accessRights	open access

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