A history of the modern fact [[electronic resource] ] : problems of knowledge in the sciences of wealth and society / / Mary Poovey |
Autore | Poovey Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (446 p.) |
Disciplina | 300/.7/2041 |
Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Great Britain - Statistical methods - History
Social sciences - Great Britain - Statistics - History Social sciences - Statistical methods - History Social sciences - Statistics - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-05850-2
9786613058508 0-226-67518-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE MODERN FACT, THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION, AND QUESTIONS OF METHOD -- 2. ACCOMMODATING MERCHANTS: DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING, MERCANTILE EXPERTISE, AND THE EFFECT OF ACCURACY -- 3. THE POLITICAL ANATOMY OF THE ECONOMY: ENGLISH SCIENCE AND IRISH LAND -- 4. EXPERIMENTAL MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE PROBLEMS OF LIBERAL GOVERNMENTALITY -- 5. FROM CONJECTURAL HISTORY TO POLITICAL ECONOMY -- 6. RECONFIGURING FACTS AND THEORY: VESTIGES OF PROVIDENTIALISM IN THE NEW SCIENCE OF WEALTH -- 7. FIGURES OF ARITHMETIC, FIGURES OF SPEECH: THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION IN THE 1830's -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459574503321 |
Poovey Mary | ||
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A history of the modern fact : problems of knowledge in the sciences of wealth and society / / Mary Poovey |
Autore | Poovey Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (446 pages) |
Disciplina | 300/.7/2041 |
Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Great Britain - Statistical methods - History
Social sciences - Great Britain - Statistics - History Social sciences - Statistical methods - History Social sciences - Statistics - History |
Soggetto non controllato | facts, theory, social sciences, intellectual history, economics, texts, statistics, politics, political, philosophy, credibility, systemic knowledge, wealth, society, cultural criticism, epistemological conditions, literary, modernity, description, ideas, great britain, publication, government, public policy, numerical representation, bookkeeping, belief systems, memory, credulity, statistical methods, liberal governmentality, figures of speech |
ISBN |
1-283-05850-2
9786613058508 0-226-67518-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE MODERN FACT, THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION, AND QUESTIONS OF METHOD -- 2. ACCOMMODATING MERCHANTS: DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING, MERCANTILE EXPERTISE, AND THE EFFECT OF ACCURACY -- 3. THE POLITICAL ANATOMY OF THE ECONOMY: ENGLISH SCIENCE AND IRISH LAND -- 4. EXPERIMENTAL MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE PROBLEMS OF LIBERAL GOVERNMENTALITY -- 5. FROM CONJECTURAL HISTORY TO POLITICAL ECONOMY -- 6. RECONFIGURING FACTS AND THEORY: VESTIGES OF PROVIDENTIALISM IN THE NEW SCIENCE OF WEALTH -- 7. FIGURES OF ARITHMETIC, FIGURES OF SPEECH: THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION IN THE 1830's -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785427103321 |
Poovey Mary | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
A history of the modern fact : problems of knowledge in the sciences of wealth and society / / Mary Poovey |
Autore | Poovey Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (446 pages) |
Disciplina | 300/.7/2041 |
Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Great Britain - Statistical methods - History
Social sciences - Great Britain - Statistics - History Social sciences - Statistical methods - History Social sciences - Statistics - History |
Soggetto non controllato | facts, theory, social sciences, intellectual history, economics, texts, statistics, politics, political, philosophy, credibility, systemic knowledge, wealth, society, cultural criticism, epistemological conditions, literary, modernity, description, ideas, great britain, publication, government, public policy, numerical representation, bookkeeping, belief systems, memory, credulity, statistical methods, liberal governmentality, figures of speech |
ISBN |
1-283-05850-2
9786613058508 0-226-67518-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE MODERN FACT, THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION, AND QUESTIONS OF METHOD -- 2. ACCOMMODATING MERCHANTS: DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKKEEPING, MERCANTILE EXPERTISE, AND THE EFFECT OF ACCURACY -- 3. THE POLITICAL ANATOMY OF THE ECONOMY: ENGLISH SCIENCE AND IRISH LAND -- 4. EXPERIMENTAL MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE PROBLEMS OF LIBERAL GOVERNMENTALITY -- 5. FROM CONJECTURAL HISTORY TO POLITICAL ECONOMY -- 6. RECONFIGURING FACTS AND THEORY: VESTIGES OF PROVIDENTIALISM IN THE NEW SCIENCE OF WEALTH -- 7. FIGURES OF ARITHMETIC, FIGURES OF SPEECH: THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION IN THE 1830's -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825402403321 |
Poovey Mary | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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