Philosophical instruments: minds and tools at work
Auteur :
Rothbart, Daniel
Éditeur :
University of Illinois Press
ISBN :
9780252031366
Date de publication :
25 juin 2007
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
399 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Argues that our tools are not just neutral intermediaries between humans and the natural world, but are devices that demand new ideas about reality. This work explores the ways in which instrumentation advances a philosophical stance about an instrument's power, an experimenter's skills, and a specimen's properties.