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Thing Knowledge : A Philosophy of Scientific Instruments /

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 num...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Baird, Davis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Instrument epistemology
  • Models : representing things
  • Working knowledge
  • Encapsulating knowledge
  • The instrumentation revolution
  • Thing knowledge
  • The thing-y-ness of things
  • Between technology and science
  • Instrumental objectivity
  • The gift.