Thing Knowledge

Name: Thing Knowledge
Brand: University of California Press
SKU: 9780520232495
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A Philosophy of Scientific Instruments

Autor: Davis Baird

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Väzba: Pevná

Vydavateľ: University of California Press

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Western philosophers have traditionally concentrated on theory as the means for expressing knowledge...

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Autor

Davis Baird

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydalo

2004

Stránok

296

EAN

9780520232495

ISBN

0520232496

Enbook ID

04616865

Vydavateľ

University of California Press

Hmotnosť

576

Rozmery

162 x 239 x 26

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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 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 of science and technology, knowledge, progress, and change. Baird considers a wide range of instruments, including Faraday's first electric motor, eighteenth-century mechanical models of the solar system, the cyclotron, various instruments developed by analytical chemists between 1930 and 1960, spectrometers, and more.

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