科学中被动语态的不稳定历史:皇家学会，1665-2020

Q1 Arts and Humanities

Perspectives on Science Pub Date : 2022-08-19 DOI:10.1162/posc_a_00576

Jeremy E. Plotnick

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本文旨在了解1665年至2020年英国皇家学会出版物中被动语态的兴衰。虽然被动语态被视为科学客观性的声音，但在一个多世纪的时间里，被动语态一直处于明显的优势地位。被动语态的兴起与通过感官直接理解世界的观察者的作用逐渐减弱相一致。最近重新出现的主动语态更像是一个谜。我认为，声音不稳定的历史反映了科学与代理和意识经验之间不稳定的关系。

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The Unsettled History of Passive Voice in the Sciences: The Royal Society, 1665–2020

Abstract This paper seeks to understand the rise and fall of passive voice in the publications of the Royal Society from 1665 to 2020. Though it came to be seen as the very voice of scientific objectivity, passive voice remained in the clear ascendency for just over a century. The rise of passive voice coincided with the progressively diminished role of an observer who directly apprehends the world through the senses. The recent re-emergence of active voice is more of a puzzle. I argue that the unsettled history of voice reflects the unsettled relationship of science to agency and conscious experience.

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Perspectives on Science Arts and Humanities-History and Philosophy of Science

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