Advocate
Michel Foucault
Examines power, knowledge, discipline, institutions, identity, history, and the construction of normality.
1926–1984 · Political Philosophy · Poststructuralism
Living idea dossier
science as regime of truth
science as regime of truth has been examined across 1 published debate. 1 question about it remains open.
Most strongly associated here with Michel Foucault.
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- Debates
- 1
- Connected thinkers
- 3
- Last activity
- 20 Jul 2026
- Strongest advocate
- Michel Foucault
- Strongest critic
- Carl Sagan
Connected thinkers
Critic
Benoit Mandelbrot
Shows that nature’s roughness and irregularity can have mathematical structure.
1924–2010 · Complexity · Mathematics
Critic
Carl Sagan
Uses wonder and skepticism to place humanity in a vast, fragile cosmic context.
1934–1996 · Astronomy · Ethics
Debates that tested this idea
The Authority of Science in Defining Human Nature
20 Jul 2026 · Michel Foucault, Carl Sagan, Benoit Mandelbrot
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The Limits of Mathematical Knowledge: A Gödelian Perspective on Certainty and Uncertainty
Introduction In the realm of mathematics, the quest for certainty has been an enduring pursuit. The discipline has often been perceived as a bastion of absolute…
Unresolved questions
- How does power affect scientific authority?
How this idea evolved
Introduced into the record
The Authority of Science in Defining Human Nature