The application of post-structuralist thought to science: questioning binary oppositions (nature/culture, objective/subjective, fact/value), deconstructing scientific categories, exposing the instability of scientific concepts, and revealing how scientific knowledge is produced through discursive practices rather than simply discovered. Post-structuralism doesn't deny that science works—it denies that science works the way it says it works. It's science forced to confront its own textuality, its own rhetoric, its own constructedness.
"You keep appealing to 'nature' as if it's a stable foundation. Scientific Post-structuralism says: 'nature' is a concept with a history, produced through discourse, serving particular interests. It's not a ground—it's an effect. Your science is text, not truth. Deal with it."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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