Isabelle StengersThinkers

Canalization is describe the development of the living organism via selective pressure which can, by an accumulation of genetic constraints, progressively canalize the path of development of certain traits.

Capitalism is a system of sorcery against which we have no protection.

An Ecology of practice is a mode of inquiry for the philosophy of science which studies science that is concerned less with regimes of justification than with the ways different practices present themselves to one another.

A Factish is concerned with the process of fact creation, which should be of concern for the philosopher of science. It is grounded in the management of practical and ontological constraints which she dubs obligation and requirement.

Reciprocal capture is a symbiotic agreement wherein conflicting practices develop a mutually beneficial relationship.