Sociology of science and scientific reflexivity

Abstract

In this article, I provide a historical reconstruction of five moments of reflexivity. The first moment is Cartesian-self (western science). The second moment is social-self (sociology). The third moment is objective self-self (sociology of knowledge). The fourth moment is subjective self-self (sociology of science and scientific reflexivity). The fifth moment is complain-self (war of sciences). This historical reconstruction is one of the innumerable roads that lead to a new scientific narrative which is based in complexity, transdiciplinarity, transculturality, and democratization of science.