Latour's Actor-network Theory Research

Bruno Latour is a sociologist of scientific Knowledge, one of the early core member of"Edinburgh School",and leading figure of"Paris School", who initiates Laboratory Studies of science ,The Actor-Network Theory which he built on the foundation of laboratory studies signified the naissance of"Paris School",a new school that was to rival"Edinburgh School"in science studies.ANT develops the definition of"Actor"to the field of nature which including not only human actors but also non-human actors. Actor-Network is a progress in which heterogeneous actors build the network; it is a dynamic process and not a static conception. On the point of ANT, science is proceeding and reassembling the society. Latour's Actor-Network Theory supersedes social construction by Practical construction and his Practical view brought new vigor to SSK. Latour's"Actor-Network Theory"illuminated the depressing study of philosophy of science on eyeshot, method, object and otherwise. However,there exist some Problems.Marxist Philosophy of Practice was first proposed practice is human existence, showing the person's activity, social, and historical, and practice is the study of natural science and social science methodology system. Marx's practical philosophy for the After SSK proposed a more rational, realistic and scientific analysis framework, hope to the actor network theory approach for future research have implications. Latour takes science as a kind of constructive practice and enlightens us to develop Marxism view of Science called Practical Constructivism. This is a Marxist theoretical innovation organization ,for Marxism and the relationship between contemporary philosophy of science opens up new research areas and approaches.