• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Things, Names, Judgments, and the LRS Lens : A Critical Realist Analysis of the Biofuel Controversy in the United Kingdom : A Critical Realist Analysis of the Biofuel Controversy in the United Kingdom
  • Beteiligte: Boucher, Philip
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 2013
  • Erschienen in: Science Communication, 35 (2013) 2, Seite 241-265
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1177/1075547012454596
  • ISSN: 1075-5470; 1552-8545
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  • Beschreibung: This article describes the LRS lens, a methodology designed to consider technical controversies with reference to a critical realist conceptualization of technology and meaning production. The application of the lens is demonstrated in a qualitative analysis of the biofuel controversy in the United Kingdom. The analysis organizes participants’ positions in terms of the technologies they refer to, their names, and their judgments. They organize biofuels’ variability in different ways, developing the vocabulary to identify and refer to relevant subgroups. The domination of one approach could have a significant impact on technical development.