Science after the practice turn in the philosophy, history, and social studies of science / edited by Léna Soler, Sjoerd Zwart, Vincent Israel-Jost, and Michael Lynch.
In the 1980s, philosophical, historical and social studies of science underwent a change which later evolved into a turn to practice. Analysts of science were asked to pay attention to scientific practices in meticulous detail and along multiple dimensions, including the material, social and psychol...
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Routledge,
2014.
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| Edition: | 1 [edition] |
| Series: | Routledge studies in the philosophy of science ;
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Some Notions of Action; Commentary; 2 Epistemic Activities and Systems of Practice: Units of Analysis in Philosophy of Science After the Practice Turn; Commentary; 3 From Normative to Descriptive and Back: Science and Technology Studies and the Practice Turn; Commentary; 4 Chemistry's Periodic Law: Rethinking Representation and Explanation After the Turn to Practice; Commentary; 5 Epistemic Dependence in Contemporary Science: Practices and Malpractices; Commentary.
- 6 Values in Engineering: From Object Worlds to Socio-Technical SystemsCommentary; 7 The Impact of the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice on the Philosophy of Mathematics; Commentary; 8 Observing Mathematical Practices as a Key to Mining Our Sources and Conducting Conceptual History: Division in Ancient China as a Case Study; Commentary; 9 Scientific Practice and the Scientific Image; Commentary; Contributors; References; Index.