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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Baird, Davis
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Filosofische aspecten.
Instrumenten.
Experiment
Naturwissenschaften
Philosophie
Wissenschaftstheorie
Wissenschaftliches Instrument
Scientific apparatus and instruments.
Science > Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
SCIENCE > Microscopes & Microscopy.
SCIENCE > Laboratory Techniques.
scientific instruments.
Sciences > Innovations.
Sciences > Philosophie.
Appareils et instruments scientifiques.
Science > Technological innovations.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 numerous intriguing examples, Davis Baird gives us the tools to "read" the material products of science and technology and to understand their place in culture. Making a provocative and original challenge to our conception of knowledge itself, Thing Knowledge demands that we take a new look at theories.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (294 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520928206

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