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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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Основен автор: Baird, Davis.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Berkeley : University of California Press, ℗♭2004.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=108415
Подобни документи: Print version:: Thing knowledge.
Резюме: 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.
Физически характеристики: 1 online resource (xxi, 273 pages) : illustrations
Библиография: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-259) and index.
ISBN: 9780520928206
0520928202
1417508086
9781417508082
159734950X
9781597349505