American pragmatism and the French pragmatic sociology: A late affinity? El pragmatismo americano y la sociología pragmática francesa: ¿afinidad tardía?

NARDACCHIONE, GABRIEL

REVISTA MEXICANA DE SOCIOLOGíA

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Año: 2021 vol. 83 p. 961 - 986

0188-2503

This article seeks to define the profile of the socio-technical perspective of the so-called French pragmatic sociology epitomized by Bruno Latour. As a methodological strategy, its main arguments are articulated with American pragmatism. The article demonstrates the existence of a “late” affinity between the two theories, especially in relation to five aspects: a non-hierarchical ontology, an empiricist and anti-dogmatic epistemology, an ordinary and processual conception of practices and social knowledge, a perspecti-vism at the basis of scientific knowledge, and a conception of truth in relation to practical ends.