Handbook for the Historiography of Science

• Autore: Condé Mauro L
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (628 pages)
• Disciplina: 507.22
• Soggetto topico: Historiography; Science
• Altri autori: SalomonMarlon
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Series Preface -- Volume Preface -- Contents -- About the Series Editor -- About the Volume Editors -- Contributors -- Part I: Key Authors for the Historiography of Science -- 1 Pierre Duhem: Between the Historiography of Science and Philosophy of History -- Introduction -- Shared Prejudice up Until Les origines de la statique -- The Historiographic Turn: From Les origines de la statique Until Mid-1908 -- The Persistence Toward Medieval Dynamics: The Attribution of Importance to John Buridan and Nicole Oresme and Its Consequences -- The Philosophy of History -- The Idea of Providence as the Ruler of History -- The Positive Role of Errors -- The Historical Conditionings and the Search for Precursors -- A Legalistic History -- Duhemian (Dis) continuism in Question -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 2 The Origins of Alexandre Koyré´s History of Scientific Thought -- Introduction: An ``Almost Inevitable Passage´´ -- Copernicus -- Galileo -- Descartes -- The Topography of a Concept -- Uncertainty, Disarray, and the Way Out of the Crisis -- The Problem of Philosophy -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 3 Gaston Bachelard and Historical Epistemology: A New Perspective for the History of Science in the Twentieth Century -- Introduction -- A Perspective for the History of Science: The Bachelardian Epistemology -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 4 The Case of Life in the Historiography of Modern Science: Canguilhem´s ``Biophilosophy´´ -- Introduction -- Canguilhem´s Historical Epistemology and His Time -- The Historical Epistemology of Life -- Scientific Facts as Vital Facts -- Epistemologist or Philosopher of Life? One or Many Canguilhems -- The Obstacles to Scientific Knowledge of Life -- History of Science, Historical Epistemology, and Historical Epistemology of the Life Sciences. ; Biological Philosophy and Vitalist Themes -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 5 Ludwik Fleck: Thought Style and Thought Collective in the Historiography of Science -- Introduction -- The Thought Collective and Its Thought Style -- A Biological Model for the Historiography of Science -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 6 John Desmond Bernal and ``Bernalism´´ -- Introduction -- Cambridge ``High Science´´ in the 1920s -- The London 1931 Congress and the Development of History of Science -- The Social Function of Science -- War Research and History of Science -- Science in History -- History of Science at Cambridge -- ``Bernalism´´ and the New Britain -- The Decline of ``Bernalism´´ and the Birth of STS -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 7 Thomas Kuhn´s Legacy for the Historiography of Science -- Introduction -- Paradigms, Scientific Revolutions, and Incommensurability -- History Versus Philosophy: The Debate Between Kuhn and Popper -- History Versus Sociology: Kuhn and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge -- The Kuhnian Legacy: Historical and Social Aspects, Evolution and Language in the Construction of Science -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 8 Bourdieu and the Social History of Scientific Reason -- Introduction -- Biographical Sketches -- The Foundational Role of Historical Epistemology -- History and Social Temporalities -- Sociology and Social History of Science -- Beyond Logicism and Relativism: Historicist Rationalism -- Reflexivity and the Social History of Social Sciences -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 9 History of Science as History of Our Best Errors: Joseph Agassi's Critical Historiography of Science -- Introduction - The Historian´s Tasks: Explanation, Reconstruction, Assessment -- The Inductivist Approach -- The Conventionalist Approach. ; The Critical Approach -- A Popperian Path -- A (Keplerian) Footnote to Agassi -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 10 Embodied Boundaries of Historical Studies of Science: A Vision of Steven Shapin´s Historiography -- Introduction -- A Sociological Wittgenstein for the History of Science -- The Mundaneness of the History of Science -- Science Incarnated -- The Boundaries of Scientific Practice -- From the Receiver of the Air-Pump to the Stomach of the Spokesman for Reality -- The Public-Private Tension in Knowledge-Making Spaces -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 11 Ian Hacking´s Contributions to Historical Reflection on Science -- Introduction -- Words in Their Sites -- Historical Ontology and Historical Meta-Epistemology -- Styles of Scientific Reasoning -- The History and Philosophy of Science in Hacking´s Project -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 12 Lorraine Daston´s Historical Epistemology: Style, Program, and School -- Introduction -- The Development of a Style: ``Historical Epistemology´´ as ``History´´ -- The Imagination of Possible -- History of Science Without Structure -- From Epistemology to the Ethos and Back Again -- The Scientific Self in Motion -- Conclusion: Historical Epistemology, Medicine, or Poison? -- Cross-References -- References -- Part II: Concepts and Conceptions in the Historiography of Science -- 13 The Historiography of Scientific Revolutions: A Philosophical Reflection -- Introduction -- A Brief History of the Concept of Scientific Revolution -- An Overview of the Main Philosophical Analyses of Scientific Revolutions -- The Unit of Analysis Reconsidered -- Scientific Development Reconsidered -- Single-Line Versus Multiline Models of Scientific Development -- The Web of Scientific Development -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References. ; 14 Historical Epistemology: A German Connection -- Introduction -- The Return of the Philosophy of Nature -- Science and History -- History and Philosophy -- The Structural Continuity of Scientific Concepts -- Conclusions -- Cross-References -- References -- 15 The French Style in the Philosophy of the Sciences -- Introduction -- The ``French Network´´ -- For a History of the History of the Sciences: Auguste Comte and the French Style in the Philosophy of the Sciences -- School, Tradition, or Style? -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 16 The Beginning of the Epistemological History of Science: Gaston Bachelard´s Responsibility -- Introduction -- The Origin of the Expression ``Historical Epistemology´´ -- Towards a Dialectic Between ``Follow´´ and ``Guide´´ -- What History Teaches Epistemology -- Towards the Unconscious of Scientific Practices and Theories -- Between History and Epistemology -- The ``Phenomeno-Technology´´ -- ``All History Must Be Judged´´ -- Canguilhem´s Task -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- Part III: Historiography of Science from Modern Science to Contemporary Scientific World -- 17 Early Historiography of Science -- Introduction -- The Status of Mathematics -- Scientific Biography -- The Heroization of the Scientist -- Galileo and His Followers -- The Biographical Style Spreads North: France -- English Biography of Scientists -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 18 On the Interpretations of the Cultural and Techno-Scientific Significance of Portuguese Navigations: A Historiographic Appr... -- Introduction -- António Sérgio, Jaime e Armando Cortesão: Experimentalism and the Geographical Revolution -- Joaquim Barradas De Carvalho: A Prehistory of Modern Thought -- Reijer Hooykaas: Sophisticated Empiricism and Science in Manueline Style -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References. ; 19 ``The Herodotus of Geometry´´: Montucla and the Birth of a General Historiography of Science in the French Enlightenment -- Introduction -- Montucla Before the Histoire des mathématiques: Between Newtonianism and Erudition -- D´Alembert and Montucla: Shaping Enlightenment Historiography of Science -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- 20 Leonhard Euler´s Works on the Motion of the Moon: A Historiographical Shift -- Introduction -- Euler Moon Theory Studies: the Construction of a Research Field in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century -- A Lost Historiographical Debate: Euler´s Heritage After the Construction of the Hill-Brown Theory and the 1933 Discussion -- Euler´s Heritage After World War II -- Euler´s Moon Theory in the Historiography of Science at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century -- Conclusion -- Cross-References -- References -- Sources -- Bibliography -- 21 The Emergence of a Sophisticated Historiography of Science in Continental Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century -- Introduction -- German Historicism and French Positivism -- German Histories of Science -- French Histories of Science -- Concluding Remarks -- Cross-References -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- 22 Feynman´s Frameworks on Nanotechnology in Historiographical Debate -- An Outline -- The First Steps of a New Science -- The Structure of This Chapter -- Introduction -- There´s Plenty of Room at the Bottom -- Defining Nanotechnology in the Years -- Plenty of Room, Crossing the History -- Nanotechnology as a Hidden Scientific Revolution -- Is a Founding Document Necessary? -- Should We Consider Feynman a Necessary Pioneer? -- Addendum to the Historiographical POR Debate -- Reading POR in the Timeline Literature -- Historiographical Approaches -- Is POR an Evident Cornerstone? -- Historiography of a Scientific Debate -- Concluding Remarks. ; References.
• Sommario/riassunto: The 'Handbook for the History of Science' edited by Mauro L. Condé and Marlon Salomon is a comprehensive exploration of the development and evolution of the history of science as an academic discipline. The volume examines influential thinkers and schools of thought from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, analyzing the historical contexts and intellectual frameworks that have shaped the field. Aimed at graduate students and scholars new to the history of science, the book provides critical assessments of major trends, debates, and methodologies within the discipline. It highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the history of science, incorporating perspectives from philosophy, sociology, and anthropology. The editors seek to foster a dialogue that encourages new, original research by offering diverse perspectives on the history of science.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook for the Historiography of Science
• ISBN: 9783031275104; 3031275101
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910746952503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Historiographies of Science Series