Thing Knowledge: A Philosophy of Scientific Instruments

by Davis Baird

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520232496
• ISBN13: 9780520232495
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"