Thing knowledge : a philosophy of scientific instruments /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baird, Davis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Scientific apparatus and instruments.
Science > Philosophy.
Science > Technological innovations.
Appareils et instruments scientifiques.
Sciences > Philosophie.
Sciences > Innovations.
scientific instruments.
SCIENCE > Laboratory Techniques.
SCIENCE > Microscopes & Microscopy.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Science > Philosophy
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Wissenschaftliches Instrument
Wissenschaftstheorie
Philosophie
Naturwissenschaften
Experiment
Instrumenten.
Filosofische aspecten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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