Philosophical Instruments
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Author |
: Daniel Rothbart |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 184 |
Release |
: 2024-02-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780252056246 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0252056248 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Philosophical Instruments by : Daniel Rothbart
The surprising roles of instruments and experimentation in acquiring knowledge In Philosophical Instruments Daniel Rothbart argues that our tools are not just neutral intermediaries between humans and the natural world, but are devices that demand new ideas about reality. Just as a hunter's new spear can change their knowledge of the environment, so can the development of modern scientific equipment alter our view of the world. Working at the intersections of science, technology, and philosophy, Rothbart examines the revolution in knowledge brought on by recent advances in scientific instruments. Full of examples from historical and contemporary science, including electron scanning microscopes, sixteenth-century philosophical instruments, and diffraction devices used by biochemical researchers, Rothbart explores the ways in which instrumentation advances a philosophical stance about an instrument's power, an experimenter's skills, and a specimen's properties. Through a close reading of engineering of instruments, he introduces a philosophy from (rather than of) design, contending that philosophical ideas are channeled from design plans to models and from model into the use of the devices.
Author |
: Daniel Rothbart |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 158 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780252031366 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0252031369 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Philosophical Instruments by : Daniel Rothbart
The surprising roles of instruments and experimentation in acquiring knowledge In Philosophical Instruments Daniel Rothbart argues that our tools are not just neutral intermediaries between humans and the natural world, but are devices that demand new ideas about reality. Just as a hunter's new spear can change their knowledge of the environment, so can the development of modern scientific equipment alter our view of the world. Working at the intersections of science, technology, and philosophy, Rothbart examines the revolution in knowledge brought on by recent advances in scientific instruments. Full of examples from historical and contemporary science, including electron scanning microscopes, sixteenth-century philosophical instruments, and diffraction devices used by biochemical researchers, Rothbart explores the ways in which instrumentation advances a philosophical stance about an instrument's power, an experimenter's skills, and a specimen's properties. Through a close reading of engineering of instruments, he introduces a philosophy from (rather than of) design, contending that philosophical ideas are channeled from design plans to models and from model into the use of the devices.
Author |
: Edward S. RITCHIE |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 74 |
Release |
: 1858 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0018317562 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ritchie's Illustrated Catalogue of Philosophical Instruments and School Apparatus by : Edward S. RITCHIE
Author |
: David Brewster |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 528 |
Release |
: 1813 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015064490579 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Treatise on New Philosophical Instruments for Various Purposes in the Arts and Sciences by : David Brewster
Author |
: W. and S. Jones (Firm) |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 16 |
Release |
: 1808 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0020099896 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis A catalogue of optical, mathematical, and philosophical instruments, made and sold by W. and S. Jones, etc by : W. and S. Jones (Firm)
Author |
: David Brewster |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 478 |
Release |
: 1813 |
ISBN-10 |
: BSB:BSB10080585 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Treatise on New Philosophical Instruments for Various Purposes in the Arts and Sciences by : David Brewster
Author |
: George COSTARD |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 1782 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0024239324 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Catalogue of the Library and Philosophical Instruments of the late ... George Costard ... To which is added the small study of books, chiefly English, and collection of prints and books of prints, of a gentleman ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Paterson ... on Tuesday, March 19, 1782, and the three following evenings, etc by : George COSTARD
Author |
: Davis Baird |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2004-02-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520928206 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520928202 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Thing Knowledge by : Davis Baird
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.
Author |
: David Brewster |
Publisher |
: Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 484 |
Release |
: 2019-08-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0461000024 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780461000023 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Treatise on New Philosophical Instruments for Various Purposes in the Arts and Sciences by : David Brewster
Sponsored by the ASTM Committee G-1 on Corrosion of Metals.
Author |
: McAllister & Brother |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 96 |
Release |
: 1855 |
ISBN-10 |
: OSU:32436010382446 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Illustrated Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments by : McAllister & Brother