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Experiment and the Making of Meaning
D. C. Gooding
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Description for Experiment and the Making of Meaning
Paperback. This text redresses the philosophical neglect of experimental practice, offering an account of experiment as natural intelligence. It draws on studies of the early development of electromagnetism in the 19th century and the laboratory work of Michael Faraday, an experimental philosopher. Series: Science and Philosophy. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 595.
. . . the topic of 'meaning' is the one topic discussed in philosophy in which there is literally nothing but 'theory' - literally nothing that can be labelled or even ridiculed as the 'common sense view'. Putnam, 'The Meaning of Meaning' This book explores some truths behind the truism that experimentation is a hallmark of scientific activity. Scientists' descriptions of nature result from two sorts of encounter: they interact with each other and with nature. Philosophy of science has, by and large, failed to give an account of either sort of interaction. Philosophers typically imagine that scientists observe, theorize ... Read more
. . . the topic of 'meaning' is the one topic discussed in philosophy in which there is literally nothing but 'theory' - literally nothing that can be labelled or even ridiculed as the 'common sense view'. Putnam, 'The Meaning of Meaning' This book explores some truths behind the truism that experimentation is a hallmark of scientific activity. Scientists' descriptions of nature result from two sorts of encounter: they interact with each other and with nature. Philosophy of science has, by and large, failed to give an account of either sort of interaction. Philosophers typically imagine that scientists observe, theorize ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
Series
Science and Philosophy
Number of Pages
311
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792332534
SKU
V9780792332534
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Reviews for Experiment and the Making of Meaning
`The main argument of this important book is designed to put human agency at the centre of any account one could give of the way scientific knowledge is produced. ' Rom Harré in European Journal of Physics, 13 (1992) `We are in danger of misunderstanding and unnecessarily ... Read more