Epistemic subject and discourse materiality: the effect of singularity

Abstract

I propose to reflect about subjectivity as developed in the framework of Discourse Analysis (DA), and answer to the following questions: can the researcher say himself "I" in his report considering the discursive formation associated to the scientific field? Who does this "I" represent at the moment of the enunciation? For that, I examine the concept of "science", explore DA as a scientific knowledge, and analyze a text focusing the way the researcher appears in his report. I conclude by noting that: a) the scientific discourse can "give shape" to his enunciator, which acts like "aval" for a reader-addressee. b) The "I" of the scientist is, in a way, an excess, appearing as a duplicated signature; c) In spite of causing a conflict, it also moves in the space of regularity of the discipline.