The mangle of practice : time, agency, and science /

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This ambitious book by one of the most original and provocative thinkers in science studies offers a sophisticated new understanding of the nature of scientific, mathematical, and engineering practice and the production of scientific knowledge. Andrew Pickering offers a new approach to the unpredict...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pickering, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Science > Philosophy.
Science > Social aspects.
Sciences > Philosophie.
Sciences > Aspect social.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Science > Philosophy
Science > Social aspects
Wissenschaftsphilosophie
Natuurwetenschappen.
Wetenschapsbeoefening.
Philosophie des sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; 1. The Mangle of Practice; 1.1 Science as Practice and Culture; 1.2 Representation and Performativity; 1.3 Agency and Emergence; 1.4 The Mangle of Practice; 1.5 More on the Mangle; Part One: Instantiations; 2. Machines: Building the Bubble Chamber; 3. Facts: The Hunting of the Quark; 4. Concepts: Constructing Quaternions; 5. Technology: Numerically Controlled Machine Tools; Part Two: Articulations; 6. Living in the Material World; 7. Through the Mangle; References; Index.

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