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Biographies of Scientific Objects by Lorraine Daston (2000, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226136728

ISBN-139780226136721

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBiographies of Scientific Objects

Publication Year2000

SubjectEpistemology, History

TypeTextbook

AuthorLorraine Daston

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

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Dewey Edition21

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Table Of ContentPreface Introduction: The Coming into Being of Scientific Objects Lorraine Daston 1. Preternatural Philosophy Lorraine Daston 2. Mathematical Entities in Scientific Discourse: Paulus Guldin and His Dissertatio de motu terrae Rivka Feldhay 3. Dreams and Self-consciousness: Mapping the Mind in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Doris Kaufmann 4. Mutations of the Self in Old Regime and Postrevolutionary France: From Ame to Moi to le Moi Jan Goldstein 5. The Coming into Being and Passing Away of Value Theories in Economics (1776-1976) Gérard Jorland 6. "An Entirely New Object of Consciousness, of Volition, of Thought": The Coming into Being and (Almost) Passing Away of "Society" as a Scientific Object Peter Wagner 7. "Sentimental Pessimism" and Ethnographic Experience: Or, Why Culture Is Not a Disappearing "Object" Marshall Sahlins 8. How the Ether Spawned the Microworld Jed Z. Buchwald 9. Life Insurance, Medical Testing, and the Management of Mortality Theodore M. Porter 10. On the Partial Existence of Existing and Nonexisting Objects Bruno Latour 11. Cytoplasmic Particles: The Trajectory of a Scientific Object Hans-Jörg Rheinberger List of Contributors Index

SynopsisWhy does an object or phenomenon become the subject of scientific inquiry? Why do some of these objects remain provocative, while others fade from center stage? And why do objects sometimes return as the focus of research long after they were once abandoned? Addressing such questions, Biographies of Scientific Objects is about how whole domains of phenomena--dreams, atoms, monsters, culture, society, mortality, centers of gravity, value, cytoplasmic particles, the self, tuberculosis--come into being and sometimes pass away as objects of scientific study. With examples drawn from both the natural and social sciences, and ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, this book explores the ways in which scientific objects are both real and historical. Whether discovered or invented, these objects of inquiry broaden and deepen in meaning--growing more "real"--as they become entangled in webs of cultural significance, material practices, and theoretical derivations. Thus their biographies will matter to anyone concerned with the formation of scientific knowledge. Contributors are Jed Z. Buchwald, Lorraine Daston, Rivka Feldhay, Jan Goldstein, Gerard Jorland, Doris Kauffman, Bruno Latour, Theodore M. Porter, Hans-J rg Rheinberger, Marshall Sahlins, and Peter Wagner., Why does an object or phenomenon become the subject of scientific inquiry? Why do some of these objects remain provocative, while others fade from center stage? And why do objects sometimes return as the focus of research long after they were once abandoned? Addressing such questions, Biographies of Scientific Objects is about how whole domains of phenomena--dreams, atoms, monsters, culture, society, mortality, centers of gravity, value, cytoplasmic particles, the self, tuberculosis--come into being and sometimes pass away as objects of scientific study. With examples drawn from both the natural and social sciences, and ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, this book explores the ways in which scientific objects are both real and historical. Whether discovered or invented, these objects of inquiry broaden and deepen in meaning--growing more "real"--as they become entangled in webs of cultural significance, material practices, and theoretical derivations. Thus their biographies will matter to anyone concerned with the formation of scientific knowledge. Contributors are Jed Z. Buchwald, Lorraine Daston, Rivka Feldhay, Jan Goldstein, Gerard Jorland, Doris Kauffman, Bruno Latour, Theodore M. Porter, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Marshall Sahlins, and Peter Wagner.

LC Classification NumberQ175.32.K45B56 2000