皮克林深受拉图尔的影响,特别表现在拉图尔的广义对称性原则上,这种影响使皮克林像拉图尔一样,抛弃了因果性模型并规避了经典认识论。但拉图尔的符号化趋向使他没有完全摆脱抽象的表征世界。皮克林用局部对称性取代广义对称性、用历时性分析取代共时性分析并在本体论上实现了政治上的彻底性,结果使皮克林超越了拉图尔,使科学实践真正地回到了真实的物质世界。 Pickering was deeply influenced by Latour, especially in Latour’s general principle of symmetry, which made Pickering, like Latour, abandoned the causal model and circumvented the classical epistemology. However, Latour’s symbolic tendency did not completely get rid of the abstract world of representation. Pickering replaced generalized symmetry with local symmetry, replaced diachronical analysis with diachronic analysis, and achieved ontological political thoroughness. As a result, Pickering overtook Latour and made scientific practice truly Back to the real material world.