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Objectivity /

Daston and Galison chart the emergence of objectivity in the mid 19th century sciences and show how the concept differs from its alternatives, truth-to-nature and trained judgement. This is a story of lofty epistemic ideals fused with workaday practices in the making of scientific images.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Daston, Lorraine, 1951-
Otros Autores: Galison, Peter, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge, Mass. : Zone Books ; Distributed by the MIT Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Daston and Galison chart the emergence of objectivity in the mid 19th century sciences and show how the concept differs from its alternatives, truth-to-nature and trained judgement. This is a story of lofty epistemic ideals fused with workaday practices in the making of scientific images.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (501 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-481) and index.
ISBN:1942130619
9781942130611