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An Epistemology of the Concrete : Twentieth-Century Histories of Life /

An Epistemology of the Concrete brings together case studies and theoretical reflections on the history and epistemology of the life sciences by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. In these essays, he examines the history of experiments, concepts, model o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg (Autor)
Otros Autores: Dumit, Joseph (Editor ), Lenoir, Tim (Contribuidor), Lenoir, Timothy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2010]
Colección:Experimental futures : technological lives, scientific arts, anthropological voices : 20
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Prologue
  • PART I . Historical Epistemology
  • 1. Ludwik Fleck, Edmund Husserl
  • 2. Gaston Bachelard
  • 3. Georges Canguilhem
  • PART II . Model Organisms
  • 4. Pisum
  • 5. Eudorina
  • 6. Ephestia
  • 7. Tobacco Mosaic Virus
  • Part III . Concepts and Instruments
  • 8. The Concept of the Gene
  • 9. The Liquid Scintillation Counter
  • 10. The Concept of Information
  • Part IV. Epistemic Configurations
  • 11. Intersections
  • 12. Preparations
  • 13. The Economy of the Scribble
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index