Bruno Latour

legitimacy of the report by diminishing the scientific jargon in the original claim and allows her audience to understand the it without any trouble. The change in sentence structure leads to the discussion of sentence types described by Bruno Latour and Stephen Woolgar qtd. in Fahnestock’s article (342-4). Latour and Woolgar explain five statement types according to the degree of certainty each convey. There are five statements types, but we will be focusing our attention to type five statements which are the most certain to what they assert and obvious to insiders and type three statements which have modalities that can be subtle. We can see the changes of statement types between the original scientific report and its accommodated version. When Parker et al. explain the abstract of their report, they set a knowledge that only portray to insiders that have a knowledge in science, but further explain the information to lay readers. Parker et al. claim in their abstract of their report that “Human identification from biological material…is largely dependent on… DNA” (Parker, Glendon J. et al. 1) and then go on to explain the process of how protein contains genetic variation and be an alternative use of human identification. According to Latour and Woolgar, Parker et al. used type five as they know the central idea is obvious for insiders, but explain the process for outsiders. They assume that the majority of their audience have a knowledge of science, being other scientist…

The book, acting in an uncertain world: an essay on technical democracy examines the limits of liberal and deliberative democracies with growing technological society and also proposes solutions for the uncertainties prevailing because of them. Michel Callon, one of the authors is a main scholarly driving force of the book. He is well reputed French Sociologist and friend and colleague of Bruno Latour, but inclined toward more applied and less abstract approach than him. It mainly focuses on the…

Charles Lindbergh Jr is the son of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh that flew from New York to Le Bourget air field in Paris the next day. When Charles Lindbergh Jr was kidnapped a ransom note was sent to the Lindbergh’s requesting 50,000 dollars for the safe return of their son. The Lindbergh’s went against the kidnapper and contacted the police which increased the ransom to 70,000 dollars. The ransom was paid but Lindbergh Jr was never returned, until sometime later the twenty month…

there was a lot of media on this case. The police had zeroed in on a suspect and had sufficient circumstantial evidence to arrest Bruno Richard Hauptman. According to Linder (2005), he was arrested and in January of 1935 he stood in front of Judge Thomas Trenchard. The prosecutors began the trial with a summary of how Hauptman conducted the crime. This is where they believe he went down the ladder with the child and the ladder collapsed killing the baby instantaneously. The prosecution called…

Even though it ends in matricide in several versions, societal roles and conduct are introduced in “Snow White” through character interactions. “Snow White” and its variants serve as models for young women, despite their historical basis. As argued by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, as well as Bruno Bettelheim, stereotypes and societal roles are ingrained in this fairy tale, providing its audience with a general idea of how women are viewed in society. Two variants act as critiques of the…

Many children dream of being the pretty princess in the castle or the knight in shining armor who slays the dragon. According to child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim, these dreams are crucial for child development. Bettelheim presented the case that fairy tales are beneficial to children and their emotional and mental growth. They help them to grow mentally, emotionally, and feel more secure in what their futures entail. Through the use of ethos, dashes, ad populum, and point of view, Bettelheim…

novels. They were a fun way to hear about the mighty knight defeating the dragon to meet the gorgeous princess who was so cruelly locked away. With the thought of telling fairy tales were only for children, film industries are transforming the fairy tale into a realm away from children. While watching these fairy tales transformed into new exciting outlooks the question arise; why do we continue to tell fairy tales? Fairy tales continue to be told because they are entertainment, lessons to be…

I believe that encouraging children to analyze and mend their wrongdoing is an effective strategy because it allows them to see and understand the mistake that they make. I disagree with Bettelheim when he enlightens the parents that punishing their offsprings for their wrongdoing does not discourage them from committing the same mischief because I believe that the physical pain that the offsprings experience can force them to rethink their habits. I choose this piece for my research paper…

Bruno Bettelheim, a therapist and instructor, delves into the psychological thought process of children while they are edified due to fairy tales. Without fairy tales, children are robbed of what they could gain from literature. By Bettelheim’s standards within “The Struggle for Meaning,” children are entitled to a deeper meaning of literature. Fairy tales captivate children’s creative thought process to unconsciously guide them morally. This is done by letting children not choose between good…

In 1998, Havvard was taken into police custody once again from his grandmother’s house. At the time, it had been suspected that he had been residing with the woman for a while and that was the reason why the officers went there to locate him. They knocked on the door and requested that Havvard reveal himself to them, but he refused to do so. When he didn’t appear as soon as they asked him to, the police officers began to search the home in the hope that they could still find him there. The…