Książka Thing Knowledge Davis Baird

Thing Knowledge

A Philosophy of Scientific Instruments

Autor: Davis Baird
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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Western philosophers have traditionally concentrated on theory as the means for expressing knowledge...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2004
strony
296
EAN
9780520232495
ISBN
0520232496
Enbook ID
04616865
Waga
576
Wymiary
162 x 239 x 26

Pełny opis

Western philosophers have traditionally concentrated on theory as the means for expressing knowledge about a variety of phenomena. This absorbing book challenges this fundamental notion by showing how objects themselves, specifically scientific instruments, can express knowledge. As he considers numerous intriguing examples, Davis Baird gives us the tools to "read" the material products of science and technology and to understand their place in culture. Making a provocative and original challenge to our conception of knowledge itself, "Thing Knowledge" demands that we take a new look at theories of science and technology, knowledge, progress, and change. Baird considers a wide range of instruments, including Faraday's first electric motor, eighteenth-century mechanical models of the solar system, the cyclotron, various instruments developed by analytical chemists between 1930 and 1960, spectrometers, and more.

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