Theory of the object / Thomas Nail.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nail, Thomas, author.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Object (Philosophy).

Process philosophy.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Throughout the history of science and technology, objects have been understood in many ways but rarely have they been understood to play an active role in the production of knowledge. This has led to largely anthropocentric theories and histories of science, which treat nature as passive objects viewed by independent observers. Thomas Nail approaches the theory of objects historically in order to tell a completely new story in which objects themselves are the true agents of scientific knowledge. They are processes, not things.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction: A World of Objects

Part I: The Kinetic Object

Part II: A History of Objects

Part III: The Contemporary Object

Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 10, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Nail, Thomas Theory of the Object

ISBN:

1-4744-8794-7

1-3995-0974-8

1-4744-8795-5

OCLC:

1289816099