03221nam 2200685Ia 450 991044998110332120200520144314.097866123566810-520-92820-21-282-35668-21-59734-950-X10.1525/9780520928206(CKB)1000000000007942(EBL)224795(OCoLC)70754723(SSID)ssj0000258575(PQKBManifestationID)11222453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258575(PQKBWorkID)10256409(PQKB)10092950(MiAaPQ)EBC224795(OCoLC)56081361(MdBmJHUP)muse30717(DE-B1597)518841(DE-B1597)9780520928206(Au-PeEL)EBL224795(CaPaEBR)ebr10057116(CaONFJC)MIL235668(EXLCZ)99100000000000794220030310d2004 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThing knowledge[electronic resource] a philosophy of scientific instruments /Davis BairdBerkeley, Calif. University of California Pressc20041 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23249-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index.Instrument epistemology -- Models : representing things -- Working knowledge -- Encapsulating knowledge -- Instrumentation revolution -- Thing knowledge -- The thing-y-ness of things -- Between technology and science -- Instrumental objectivity -- The gift.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.Scientific apparatus and instrumentsSciencePhilosophyScienceTechnological innovationsElectronic books.Scientific apparatus and instruments.SciencePhilosophy.ScienceTechnological innovations.502/.8/4TB 2280rvkBaird Davis61630MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449981103321Thing knowledge2459534UNINA