Thing knowledge [electronic resource] : a philosophy of scientific instruments / Davis Baird.
2004
Q185 .B24 2004eb
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Title
Thing knowledge [electronic resource] : a philosophy of scientific instruments / Davis Baird.
Author
Baird, Davis.
ISBN
0520232496 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2004.
Language
English
Description
xxi, 274 p. : ill.
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Q185 .B24 2004eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
502/.8/4
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.