The lever as instrument of reason : technological constructions of knowledge around 1800 /

"The lever appears to be a very simple object, a tool used since ancient times for the most primitive of tasks: to lift and to balance. Why, then, were prominent intellectuals active around 1800 in areas as diverse as science, philosophy, and literature inspired to think and write about levers?...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holland, Jocelyn, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Colección:New directions in German studies ; v. 25.
Temas:
1800-1899
Reasoning.
Levers > Philosophy.
Technology > Philosophy > 19th century.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Levers.
Leviers.
Théorie de la connaissance.
Leviers > Philosophie.
Technologie > Philosophie > 19e siècle.
thumbpieces.
epistemology.
levers (finish hardware)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Knowledge, Theory of
Reasoning
Technology > Philosophy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Balance of Life / Quantifying Kant
  • The Levers of German Romanticism
  • The Contested God of Naturphilosophie
  • From Naturphilosophie to a Mechanically Minded Psychology.

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