SOME METHODOLOGICAL REMARKS ON THE REPLICATION METHOD
SOME METHODOLOGICAL REMARKS ON THE REPLICATION METHOD

Author(s): Peter Heering
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Education, 18th Century
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: Replication method; Historical experimental practices; Solar microscope; Marat; 18th century experimental practices;
Summary/Abstract: In the last decades, historians of science have developed a substantial interest in experiments and their role in creating scientific knowledge. Among the relevant aspects that came into the focus of the analysis were skills andperformative aspects involved in scientific experimentation. This led to some methodological problems, as the respective traces are difficult to find in classical sources. One methodological approach that addresses these aspects is the replication method, which is not limited to redoing historical experiments, but also includes the reconstruction of the historical apparatus as well as the contextualisation of the experiences made during this process.

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