1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910493684003321

Autore

Richard Dunn; Silke  Ackermann; Giorgio Strano (Volume Editors)

Titolo

Heaven and Earth United, : Instruments in Astrological Contexts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018

ISBN

90-04-38143-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Collana

Scientific instruments and collections ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

522.2

Soggetti

Astronomical instruments - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Introduction / Richard Dunn , Silke Ackermann and Giorgio Strano -- Using Astrolabes for Astrological Purposes: The Earliest Evidence Revisited / Petra G. Schmidl -- What’s on the Back of an Astrolabe? Astrolabes as Supports for Planetary Calculators / Seb Falk -- Medical and Astrological Plates: Their Roles in Medieval and Renaissance Knowledge / Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas -- “Preciseness and Pleasure”: The Astrological Diptychs of Thomas Hood / Stephen Johnston -- Displaying Astrological Knowledge through Tabulation: Some Notes Pertaining to Particular Arrangement on Instruments / Günther Oestmann -- Astrological Aspectaria on Early Modern Instruments / Louise E. Devoy -- Italian Astronomical Clocks as Public Astrological Machines / Marisa Addomine -- Astrological Time in Public Space: The Görlitz Arachne (1550) and Planetary Hours / Richard L. Kremer -- The Heavens at the Medici Court: Antonio Santucci’s Cosmological Models / Giorgio Strano -- Were Globes Used in the Practice of Early Modern Astrology? / Jim Bennett and Sylvia Sumira -- Instruments and the Astrologer’s Image / Richard Dunn -- Defining Scientific Instruments in Astrological Practice: A Response / Marvin Bolt -- Back Matter -- Glossary -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Historically, the idea that the stars and planets influence the Earth and its inhabitants has proved powerful in almost every culture, offering an important context for the use of mathematical and astronomical



instruments. In the past, however, historians of astronomy have paid relatively little attention to astrology and other “non-scientific” topics, while historians of astrology have tended to concentrate on the analysis of texts rather than surviving artefacts, scientific instruments in particular. Heaven and Earth United is an attempt to redress the balance through an exploration of the astrological contexts in which instruments once found a place. Contributors are Silke Ackermann, Marisa Addomine, Jim Bennett, Marvin Bolt, Louise E. Devoy, Richard Dunn, Seb Falk, Stephen Johnston, Richard L. Kremer, Günther Oestmann, Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas, Petra G. Schmidl, Giorgio Strano, and Sylvia Sumira.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780103303321

Titolo

Methods in philosophy of education / / edited by Frieda Heyting, Dieter Lenzen, and John White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-134-54673-4

1-134-54674-2

0-415-75844-0

1-280-40435-3

0-585-46114-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies in the philosophy of education ; ; 13

Altri autori (Persone)

HeytingFrieda

LenzenDieter

WhiteJohn <1934 Nov. 7->

Disciplina

370.1

370/.1

Soggetti

Education - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Methodological traditions in philosophy of education: introduction; An analytical perspective on education and children's rights; Reflective



equilibrium as a method of philosophy of education: justifying an ethical conception of children's sexual rights; An analytic approach in philosophy of education: the case of children's rights; The problematic employment of Reason in philosophy of Bildung and education

Philosophy of education as foundational analysis and critique: conflicting liberal views on the right to an education for autonomyOn the structuralist philosophy of education: an analysis of the rights of the child; Antifoundationalist foundational research: analysing discourse on children's rights to decide; How can philosophy of education be critical? How critical can philosophy of education be? Deconstructive reflections on children's rights; Children's rights and education: a hermeneutic approach; Rights of children and future adults: a cultural educational perspective; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This important new book presents a 'dual strand' argument: Firstly, it gives a comprehensive account of methods in philosophy of education, with leading international figures in the field of writing from a variety of methodological and epistemological perspectives.  Secondly, it examines their application in the 'real world' of education, using the topical area of children's rights as a basis for investigation. It will therefore be of interest to philosophers and educationalists alike.