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In short, there is a problem of the regime, the politics of the scientific statement
[p112].
The governing regime of the discipline, or the gatekeepers, restrict episteme and the
acceptability of knowledge into the disciplines; Foucault sees suc h restriction as an issue
where discontinuities arise. It is possible that the restrictions placed upon the episteme by
the gatekeepers keep out knowledge that ‘should’ be part the discipline. Somehow when
this knowledge is eventually accepted it causes a sudden change in the discipline –
something akin to Schumpeter’s ‘clusters’ of innovations.
2.3.1.02 In section 2.2.3.07 the issue was raised of an author having a high level of
gravitas being able to have articles accepted by the discipline. The implication was that
this acceptance was due to the high level of gravitas and that a similar submission by an
aut hor with lesser gravitas might not have had their work accepted. This was also
mentioned by Judge et al [2007], cited in section 2.1.4.03 above. In section 2.1.3.06 the
metal pendulum was used to describe the possible movement between Right and Truth
Effects that could delineate the boundary between discourse and discipline. The two ideas
are connected in that the acceptance by the discipline of this, previously unaccepted,
knowledge moves the pendulum and accordingly the boundary between discipline and
discourse expands outwards, enlargening the discipline. This movement is due to the force
of the gravitas magnetically pulling on the pendulum, thus figuratively expanding the
boundary of the discipline. Exclusionary resistance, from the gatekeepers, is a countering
force.
2.3.1.03 It was the work of Leibniz in the seventeenth century who applied the emerging
laws of physics to laws of metaphysics.
The distinction be tween force and quantity of mot ion, is rather impor tant, not onl y
in physics and mechanics, in order to find the true laws of nature and rules of
motion ….. , but also in metaphysics, in order to understand the principles better
[Leibniz, 1991, p 20].
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