New Scientific Spirit

However, cf. Bachelard s remark that a metachemistry came into being with the Mendeleef table which appears to be at odds with the sustained emphasis on metachemistry as part of a new scientific spirit (Bachelard 1968, 49). 

Bachelard, G. 1984. The New Scientific Spirit. Boston Beacon Press. 

Bachelard G (1934) The new scientific spirit. Translation by A. Goldhammer. Spirit Beacon Press, Boston, 1985... 

Prom facts to effects, the scientific spirit moves from the naive realism of the prescientific age (objects pre-existing our knowledge of them), to the age of rationalism, when the object is constructed by our knowledge. In Bachelard s terminology rationalism refers to a constructionist model as opposed to Baconianism and characterizes the new scientific spirit . Over the years, imder the inspiration of chemistry, Bachelard gradually shifted from an idealist version of rationalism to a rational materialism. ... 

Bachelard, 1934] G. Bachelard. Le nouvel esprit scientifique, 1934. Re-edition Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1991. Engl. tr. The New Scientific Spirit, Boston Beacon Press, 1984. 

While not denying that theories and concepts derived in basic scientific research can lead to new types of technology,6 there is another important way in which science can be applied to technology through technology (rather than nature) as the object of science. In this spirit the Royal Society was established to... 

And what does the future hold for the spirit of flow cytometry Although there will continue to be many new technical developments (some predicted and some surprising), I suspect that the sense of adventure may be lost from the field as the balance continues to shift from innovative technology to routine use. The trade-off for that loss of excitement could be the satisfaction that people who understand flow cytometry may feel from having played a part in the comfortable acceptance of this powerful technique by the broad scientific community. 

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