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Philosophical instruments : minds and tools at work / Daniel Rothbart ; foreword by Rom Harré.
Van Pelt Library Q175.32.K45 R68 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rothbart, Daniel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knowledge, Theory of.
- Experimental design.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Scientific apparatus and instruments.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 138 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Foreword / Rom Harré
- Preface
- Science, technology, and philosophy
- Analogies of design
- Testing design plans
- Icons of design and images of art
- Microscopes, machines, and matter
- Atoms : easier than ever before
- Specimens as machines
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-134) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252031369
- 9780252031366
- OCLC:
- 70877839
- Online:
- Publisher description
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