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Query: Subjectifying Objectivity: Delineating Tastes in Theoretical Quantum
  Gravity Research   Research in Theoretical Quantum Gravity has continued expansively even as it
has become detached from classic arbiters of research such as direct empirical
falsification. This makes it an interesting test case for social-scientific
theories of what motivates and mediates contemporary scientific research and
the nature of scientific objectivity. For our empirical investigation, we
conducted 50 semi-structured interviews with researchers in the rival camps of
String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity, coded a subset for reoccurring themes,
and subjected the resulting data to statistical analysis. Theoretically, we
mobilize aspects of Daston and Galison's depiction of the scientific self and
its relation to epistemic virtues, Pierre Bourdieu's field-centered account of
social space, and Kantian notions of aesthetics in order to delineate the
subjective tastes and the related process of collective consensus-making in
contemporary quantum gravity research. We make two key contributions. First,
our analysis sheds light on the inner workings of the field by connecting its
internal epistemic struggles with relevant social-scientific theories. For
example, we are able to suggest an explanation for how one approach, String
Theory, has become so dominant. Second, our application of theories of social
reproduction to the substance of scientific inquiry merits some substantive
generalizations to Daston and Galison's framework. Most significantly, we
propose as an addendum to their progression the notion of objectivity through
intersubjectivity: objectivity obtained not through the suppression of the self
but by its (regulated) pluralistic expression and performance.

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The categories of this paper are: nlin
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The categories of this paper are: cmp-lg