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Did he work in the laboratory?
Latour rose in importance following the 1979 publication of Laboratory Life: the Social Construction of Scientific Facts with co-author Steve Woolgar.
What was it about?
This early work argued that naive descriptions of the scientific method, in which theories stand or fall on the outcome of a single experiment, are inconsistent with actual laboratory practice.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
In the laboratory, Latour and Woolgar observed that a typical experiment produces only inconclusive data that is attributed to failure of the apparatus or experimental method.
How was his work received?
Some of Latour's position and findings in this era provoked vehement rebuttals.
Who was provoked with rebuttals?
Gross and Leavitt argue that Latour's position becomes absurd when applied to non-scientific contexts.
Did he have a comeback for these rebuttals?
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Was there anyone who had a rebuttal against his work?
philosopher John Searle argues that Latour's "extreme social constructivist" position is seriously flawed on several points, and furthermore has inadvertently "comical results..

Question: What other things did he discover with his works in the laboratory?
Self-contained rewrite: Aside from the idea that typical experiments produce only inconclusive data, what other things did Latour discover with his works in the laboratory?