Sokal on Latour: "The basic trouble with much of Latour’s writings—as with those of some other sociologists and philosophers of a “social constructivist” bent—

Sokal on Latour: "The basic trouble with much of Latour’s writings—as with those of some other sociologists and philosophers of a “social constructivist” bent—is that these texts are often ambiguous and can be read in at least two distinct ways: a “moderate” reading, which leads to claims that are either worth discussing or else true but trivial; and a “radical” reading, which leads to claims that are surprising but false. Unfortunately, the radical interpretation is often taken not only as the “correct” interpretation of the original text but also as a well-established fact" From https://physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/comment_on_NYT_latour.html https://physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/comment_on_NYT_latour....