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Objectivity
Objectivity
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Objectivity has a history, and it is full of surprises. In Objectivity, Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison chart the emergence of objectivity in the mid-nineteenth-century sciences--and show how the concept differs from its alternatives, truth-to-nature and trained judgment. This is a story of lofty epistemic ideals fused with workaday pra... more »
Author:
Objectivity has a history, and it is full of surprises. In Objectivity, Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison chart the emergence of objectivity in the mid-nineteenth-century sciences--and show how the concept differs from its alternatives, truth-to-nature and trained judgment. This is a story of lofty epistemic ideals fused with workaday pra... more »
ISBN-13: 9781890951788
ISBN-10: 1890951781
Publication Date: 10/31/2007
Pages: 500
Edition: 1
Rating: ?
ISBN-10: 1890951781
Publication Date: 10/31/2007
Pages: 500
Edition: 1
Rating: ?
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Publisher: Zone Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review
Genres:
- Nonfiction >> Philosophy >> Epistemology
- Nonfiction >> Philosophy >> General
- Science & Math >> General
- Science & Math >> History & Philosophy >> General
- Science & Math >> History & Philosophy >> History of Science
