Thing knowledge
Subtitle: a philosophy of scientific instruments
By: Davis Baird.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Scientific apparatus and instruments; Science -- Philosophy; Science -- Technological innovations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index.
Table of contents: title: Instrument epistemology; title: Models : representing things; title: Working knowledge; title: Encapsulating knowledge; title: Instrumentation revolution; title: Thing knowledge; title: The thing-y-ness of things; title: Between technology and science; title: Instrumental objectivity; title: The gift.