Instruments Of Knowledge
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Thing Knowledge
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Author : Davis Baird
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2004-02-10
Thing Knowledge written by Davis Baird and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-10 with Philosophy categories.
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.
Transmitting Knowledge
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Author : Sachiko Kusukawa
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2006
Transmitting Knowledge written by Sachiko Kusukawa and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The period between the fifteenth and the middle of the seventeenth centuries saw a great many changes and innovations in scientific thinking. These were communicated to various publics in diverse ways; not only through discursive prose and formal notations, but also in the form of instruments and images accompanying texts. The collected essays of this volume examine the modes of transmission of this knowledge in a variety of contexts. The schematic representation of instruments is examined in the case of the 'navicula' (a versatile version of a sundial) and the 'squadro' (a surveying instrument); the new forms of illustration of plants and the human body are investigated through the work of Fuchs and Vesalius; theories of optics and of matter are discussed in relation to the illustrations which accompany the texts of Ausonio and Descartes. The different diagrammatic strategies adopted to explain the complex medical theory of the latitude of health are charted through the work of medieval and sixteenth-century physicians; Kepler's use of illustration in his handbook of cosmology is placed in the context of book production and Copernican propaganda. The conception of astronomical instruments as either calculating devices or as cosmological models is examined in the case of Tycho Brahe and others. A study is devoted to the multiple functions of frontispieces and to the various readerships for which they were conceived. The papers in the volume are all based on new research, and they constitute together a coherent and convergent set of case studies which demonstrate the vitality and inventiveness of early modern natural philosophers, and their awareness of the media available to them for transmitting knowledge.
Instruments Of Knowledge
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Author : Jean-François Gauvin
language : en
Publisher: Brill
Release Date : 2023-06-22
Instruments Of Knowledge written by Jean-François Gauvin and has been published by Brill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-22 with categories.
Instruments of Knowledge looks sequentially at instruments, habits, and museums to uncover how material and intellectual activities, rules, and commitments form one meaningful and credible blueprint revealing the building blocks of early modern knowledge production and its contemporary representation in cultural institutions.
The Body As Object And Instrument Of Knowledge
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Author : Charles T. Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2010-04-07
The Body As Object And Instrument Of Knowledge written by Charles T. Wolfe and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-07 with Science categories.
It was in 1660s England, according to the received view, in the Royal Society of London, that science acquired the form of empirical enquiry we recognize as our own: an open, collaborative experimental practice, mediated by specially-designed instruments, supported by civil discourse, stressing accuracy and replicability. Guided by the philosophy of Francis Bacon, by Protestant ideas of this worldly benevolence, by gentlemanly codes of decorum and by a dominant interest in mechanics and the mechanical structure of the universe, the members of the Royal Society created a novel experimental practice that superseded former modes of empirical inquiry, from Aristotelian observations to alchemical experimentation. This volume focuses on the development of empiricism as an interest in the body – as both the object of research and the subject of experience. Re-embodying empiricism shifts the focus of interest to the ‘life sciences’; medicine, physiology, natural history. In fact, many of the active members of the Royal Society were physicians, and a significant number of those, disciples of William Harvey and through him, inheritors of the empirical anatomy practices developed in Padua during the 16th century. Indeed, the primary research interests of the early Royal Society were concentrated on the body, human and animal, and its functions much more than on mechanics. Similarly, the Académie des Sciences directly contradicted its self-imposed mandate to investigate Nature in mechanistic fashion, devoting a significant portion of its Mémoires to questions concerning life, reproduction and monsters, consulting empirical botanists, apothecaries and chemists, and keeping closer to experience than to the Cartesian standards of well-founded knowledge. These highlighted empirical studies of the body, were central in a workshop in the beginning of 2009 organized by the unit for History and Philosophy of Science in Sydney. The papers that were presented by some of the leading figures in this area are presented in this volume.
Instruments Of Knowledge
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Author : Jean-François Gauvin
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-06-19
Instruments Of Knowledge written by Jean-François Gauvin and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-19 with Science categories.
In a bid to claim ‘scientific objects’ as requiring a significant amount of conceptual labor, this book looks sequentially at instruments, habits, and museums. The goal is to uncover how, together, these material and immaterial activities, rules, and commitments form one meaningful and credible blueprint revealing the building blocks of knowledge production. They serve to conceptualize and examine the entire life of an instrument: from its ideation and craft to its use, reuse, circulation, recycling, and (if not obliterated) its final entry into a museum. It is such an epistemological triptych that guides this investigation.
The Body As Object And Instrument Of Knowledge
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Author : Charles T. Wolfe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-09-08
The Body As Object And Instrument Of Knowledge written by Charles T. Wolfe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-08 with categories.
The Body As Object And Instrument Of Knowledge
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Author : Charles T. Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-04-27
The Body As Object And Instrument Of Knowledge written by Charles T. Wolfe and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-27 with Science categories.
It was in 1660s England, according to the received view, in the Royal Society of London, that science acquired the form of empirical enquiry we recognize as our own: an open, collaborative experimental practice, mediated by specially-designed instruments, supported by civil discourse, stressing accuracy and replicability. Guided by the philosophy of Francis Bacon, by Protestant ideas of this worldly benevolence, by gentlemanly codes of decorum and by a dominant interest in mechanics and the mechanical structure of the universe, the members of the Royal Society created a novel experimental practice that superseded former modes of empirical inquiry, from Aristotelian observations to alchemical experimentation. This volume focuses on the development of empiricism as an interest in the body – as both the object of research and the subject of experience. Re-embodying empiricism shifts the focus of interest to the ‘life sciences’; medicine, physiology, natural history. In fact, many of the active members of the Royal Society were physicians, and a significant number of those, disciples of William Harvey and through him, inheritors of the empirical anatomy practices developed in Padua during the 16th century. Indeed, the primary research interests of the early Royal Society were concentrated on the body, human and animal, and its functions much more than on mechanics. Similarly, the Académie des Sciences directly contradicted its self-imposed mandate to investigate Nature in mechanistic fashion, devoting a significant portion of its Mémoires to questions concerning life, reproduction and monsters, consulting empirical botanists, apothecaries and chemists, and keeping closer to experience than to the Cartesian standards of well-founded knowledge. These highlighted empirical studies of the body, were central in a workshop in the beginning of 2009 organized by the unit for History and Philosophy of Science in Sydney. The papers that were presented by some of the leading figures in this area are presented in this volume.
Teaching In The Knowledge Society New Skills And Instruments For Teachers
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Author : Cartelli, Antonio
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2006-01-31
Teaching In The Knowledge Society New Skills And Instruments For Teachers written by Cartelli, Antonio and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-31 with Education categories.
"This book investigates changes induced by information and communications technology in today's education system"--Provided by publisher.
Linguistic Instruments In Knowledge Engineering
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Author : R. P. van de Riet
language : en
Publisher: North Holland
Release Date : 1992
Linguistic Instruments In Knowledge Engineering written by R. P. van de Riet and has been published by North Holland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Computers categories.
This book explores the theme Linguistic Instruments in Knowledge Engineering from the perspective of workers from the fields of linguistics and computer science. The application direction is presented the other way around: - computational linguistics, and computational tools and theories are used for grammar writing, parsing, logical semantics, etc. The first five papers explore primarily linguistic aspects, while the next five take a look at the aspects related to information systems. Topic areas include: information sciences and knowledge engineering, information systems, conceptual model specification, logic and natural language semantics. This combination of linguistics with the representation of knowledge in the form of information systems will be of interest to those working in knowledge engineering, information-system development and CASE tools.
Musical Instruments In The 21st Century
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Author : Till Bovermann
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-12-09
Musical Instruments In The 21st Century written by Till Bovermann and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-09 with Technology & Engineering categories.
By exploring the many different types and forms of contemporary musical instruments, this book contributes to a better understanding of the conditions of instrumentality in the 21st century. Providing insights from science, humanities and the arts, authors from a wide range of disciplines discuss the following questions: · What are the conditions under which an object is recognized as a musical instrument? · What are the actions and procedures typically associated with musical instruments? · What kind of (mental and physical) knowledge do we access in order to recognize or use something as a musical instrument? · How is this knowledge being shaped by cultural conventions and temporal conditions? · How do algorithmic processes 'change the game' of musical performance, and as a result, how do they affect notions of instrumentality? · How do we address the question of instrumental identity within an instrument's design process? · What properties can be used to differentiate successful and unsuccessful instruments? Do these properties also contribute to the instrumentality of an object in general? What does success mean within an artistic, commercial, technological, or scientific context?