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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 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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Title of ebook: Thing Knowledge: A Philosophy of Scientific Instruments
ISBN: 9780520928206
parent-ISBN: 9780520232495
Publisher: University of California Press
Internet download file size: 3189 kb
Published: 02-2004
Released online for download: 02-10-2004
Author of eBook: Baird, Davis

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