In fact, the agential realist ontology that I propose does not take separateness to be an inherent feature of how the world is. But neither does it denigrate separateness as mere illusion, an artifact of human consciousness led astray. Diff…In what follows, I provide a detailed explication of this agential realist ontology. I begin with a detailed examination of the nature of the apparatus, including two significant analytical shifts that are important emendations to Bohr’s fo…Furthermore, Bohr’s conception of the apparatus does not accurately take account of the complexities of experimental practice, despite his apparent intentions to do just that. Quite atypical of the writings of theoretical physicists, Bohr’s…
Ian Hacking
philosopher · 3 mentions across 1 reading
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Ian Hacking appears in these excerpts as a background reference point for debates about scientific ontology and experimental apparatus, though the excerpts themselves focus on agential realism and Bohr's formulation rather than Hacking's own work directly. His significance in this course likely stems from his historical and philosophical work on how scientific categories and instruments don't simply discover pre-existing facts but actively constitute what counts as real and knowable. By citing or engaging with Hacking's ideas about the performative role of experiments and measurement, these readings leverage his arguments to ground discussions of how AI systems, algorithms, and computational "apparatuses" similarly enact rather than merely represent reality.
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