On historicizing epistemology : an essay
Epistemology, as generally understood by philosophers of science, is rather remote from the history of science and from historical concerns in general. Rheinberger shows that, from the late nineteenth through the late twentieth century, a parallel, alternative discourse sought to come to terms with...
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| Format | eBook Book |
| Language | English |
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Stanford, Calif
Stanford University Press
2010
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| Edition | 1 |
| Series | Cultural memory in the present |
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| Summary: | Epistemology, as generally understood by philosophers of science, is rather remote from the history of science and from historical concerns in general. Rheinberger shows that, from the late nineteenth through the late twentieth century, a parallel, alternative discourse sought to come to terms with the rather fundamental experience of the thoroughgoing scientific changes brought on by the revolution in physics. Philosophers of science and historians of science alike contributed their share to what this essay describes as an ongoing quest to historicize epistemology. Historical epistemology, in this sense, is not so concerned with the knowing subject and its mental capacities. Rather, it envisages science as an ongoing cultural endeavor and tries to assess the conditions under which the sciences in all their diversity take shape and change over time. |
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| Bibliography: | "This essay is based on the readings of two seminars held in the winter semesters of 2005-6 and 2006-7 at the Technical University of Berlin."--Preface Bibliography: p. [101]-105 Includes index |
| ISBN: | 9780804762885 0804762899 0804762880 9780804762892 080477420X 9780804774208 |