Pac-Man metaphysics and the modest hubris of the professional intellectual

Article Abstract:

An analogy is presented between the video game Pac-Man and intellectual change as modeled in sociological discourse, using as reference Randall Collins' book 'The Sociology of Philosophies.' It is posited that different interpretive schemes are swallowed up by others, much like the figures in the Pac-Man game, in jockeying for primacy in the field.

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Rapid discovery, crossbreeding networks, and the scientific revolution

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A commentary is presented on Randall Collins' book 'Cross-Breeding Networks and Rapid-Discovery Science,' focusing on chapter 10, within the framework of 17th-century thought. It is posited that Collins overlooks the emergence of autonomous and independent fields of inquiry, which developed distinctive practices.

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