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...
| Основен автор: | Baird, Davis. |
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| 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. |
Съдържание:
- 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.