History Historicity And Science

Author : Joseph Margolis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351930581

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History, Historicity and Science by Joseph Margolis Pdf

This fresh collection of essays questions how the historical process affects our conception of science, including our understanding of its validity as well as our general conception of knowledge. The essays in this book consider the philosophical labours spanning the work of Descartes, Kant and Hegel, still the philosophical basis of our modern understanding of science, as well as recent selected philosophers and historians of science such as Kuhn and Feyerbend. Themes raised include the philosophical basis for the validity of science, the possibility of ever knowing the independent world as it truly is, and the intelligibility of construing scientific knowledge as a historical. Taken separately and together, these essays provide a sustained analysis of scientific claims to objective standing, the historicity of thought and inquiry. They point toward unfinished philosophical business and the need for a new beginning.

Author : Thomas Söderquist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135851675

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The Historiography of Contemporary Science and Technology by Thomas Söderquist Pdf

More than ninety percent of all scientific history has been made during the last half century. So far, however, only a fraction of historical scholarship has dealt with this period. Merely a decade ago, most scientific historians considered recent science - the scientific culture created, lived and remembered by contemporary scientists - an area of study best left to the historical actors themselves.

Author : Helge Kragh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521389216

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An Introduction to the Historiography of Science by Helge Kragh Pdf

This book introduces the methodological and philosophical problems with which modern history of science is concerned, offering a comprehensive and critical review through description and evaluation of significant historiographical viewpoints. Incorporating discussion of key problems in general historical writing, with examples drawn from a range of disciplines, this non-elementary introduction bridges the gap between general history and history of science. Following a review of the early development of the history of science, the theory of history as applied to science history is introduced, examining the basic problems which this generates, including problems of periodisation, ideological functions, and the conflict between diachronical and anachronical historiography. Finally, the book considers the critical use, and analysis, of historical sources, and the possibility of the experiemental reconstruction of history. Aimed primarily at students, the book's broad scope and integration of historical, philosophical and scientific matters will interest philosophers, sociologists and general historians, for whom there is no alternative introduction to the subject at this level.

Author : Andreas Boldt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351816489

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Historical Mechanisms by Andreas Boldt Pdf

Historical Mechanisms argues that scientific method can provide key new insights about events that took place long ago. Taking a fresh approach to historical method and theory, this book contends that there is enough data to show that under certain circumstances societies have behaved, and will continue to behave, in similar ways throughout history. In this book, Andreas D. Boldt discusses the possibility of utilizing natural scientific theories in order to explain historical processes, focusing on the question of how nations and empires rise, succeed, fail and then assume another form in which they begin the cycle again. Scientific methods are utilized metaphorically as a means of establishing connections between events and trends throughout history, and this book argues that these methods can explain historical patterns such as chaos and stability, the relationship between power centres and power vacuums, the necessary conditions for the expansion of empires and the influence of natural and man-made borders. Exploring the ways in which concepts from science can be employed to shed new light on the analysis of historical data, Historical Mechanisms is valuable reading for all scholars of the theory and method of history.

Author : Massimo Mazzotti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0415744423

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The History of Science by Massimo Mazzotti Pdf

Author : James Bryant Conant
Publisher : Terry Lectures
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004534090

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On Understanding Science by James Bryant Conant Pdf

The language, customs, and manners of scientists are frequently unintelligible to the rest of the population, and there is considerable danger that the ideas and forces that are moving mountains will be increasingly inaccessible tothose outside the laboratories. The peril of such a situation to a democracy, where understanding must be assumed to be fairly general, is probably as great in the realm of ideas as the physical danger of the instruments of destruction. Dr. Conant sets out to show how the gulf can be bridged. Instead of a series of assertions about science being ordered knowledge, or the classification of facts, he presents a historical view of a number of the great scientists, of what their generation knew of their subjects, of the problem they set out to examine, and of how they solved it. The reader is enabled to follow the scientific method at work, with all its limitations and wonders.

Author : Fabio Minazzi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030963323

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Historical Epistemology and European Philosophy of Science by Fabio Minazzi Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive analysis on the evolution of philosophy of science, with a special emphasis on the European tradition of the twentieth century. At first, it shows how the epistemological problem of the objectivity of knowledge and axiomatic knowledge have been previously tackled by transcendentalism, critical rationalism and hermeneutics. In turn, it analyses the axiological dimension of scientific research, moving from traditional model of science and of scientific methods, to the construction of a new image of knowledge that leverages the philosophical tradition of the Milan School. Using this historical-epistemological approach, the author rethinks the Kantian Transcendental, showing how it could be better integrated in the current philosophy of science, to answer important questions such as the relationship between science and history, scientific and social perspectives and philosophy and technology, among others. Not only this book provides a comprehensive study of the evolution of European Philosophy of Science in the twentieth century, yet it offers a new, historical and epistemological-based approach, that could be used to answers many urgent questions of contemporary societies.

Author : Robin George Collingwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Historiography
ISBN : UCAL:B4472480

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The Idea of History by Robin George Collingwood Pdf

Based on lectures written in 1936 on the philosophy of history.

Author : Michael J. Salevouris
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118745342

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The Methods and Skills of History by Michael J. Salevouris Pdf

Widely acclaimed for its accessibility and engaging approach to the subject, the fourth edition of The Methods and Skills of History combines theory and instruction with hands-on practice, making it a comprehensive guide to historical research and writing. Combines theory with hands-on practice in its introduction to historical methods Includes a series of field-tested exercises designed to make the research and writing of history more meaningful and accessible to readers Features expanded coverage of writing history and up-to-date coverage of online research Designed to strengthen students’ critical thinking and communication skills

Author : Ronald E. Doel,Thomas Söderqvist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134482962

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The Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology, and Medicine by Ronald E. Doel,Thomas Söderqvist Pdf

As historians of science increasingly turn to work on recent (post 1945) science, the historiographical and methodological problems associated with the history of contemporary science are debated with growing frequency and urgency. Bringing together authorities on the history, historiography and methodology of recent and contemporary science, this book reviews the problems facing historians of technology, contemporary science and medicine, and explores new ways forward. With contributions from key researchers in the field, the text covers topics that will be of ever increasing interest to historians of post-war science, including the difficulties of accessing and using secret archival material, the interactions between archivists, historians and scientists, and the politics of evidence and historical accounts.

Author : Lawrence J. McCrank
Publisher : Information Today, Inc.
Page : 1216 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1573870714

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Historical Information Science by Lawrence J. McCrank Pdf

Historical Information Science is an extensive review and bibliographic essay, backed by almost 6,000 citations, detailing developments in information technology since the advent of personal computers and the convergence of several social science and humanities disciplines in historical computing. Its focus is on the access, preservation, and analysis of historical information (primarily in electronic form) and the relationships between new methodology and instructional media, techniques, and research trends in library special collections, digital libraries, data archives, and museums.

Author : F Dovring
Publisher : Springer
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401164266

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History as a Social Science by F Dovring Pdf

Author : Mark T. Gilderhus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Historiography
ISBN : UCSC:32106019126710

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History and Historians by Mark T. Gilderhus Pdf

For undergraduate courses in historiography. Good supplemental text for American History or Western Civilization or similar survey courses. As a survey of historical thinking in the West from ancient times to the present, this accessible text focuses on historiography, philosophy of history, and historical methodology, introducing the main issues to beginning students with thorough and balanced discussions.

Author : Robert L. Carneiro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306471797

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The Muse of History and the Science of Culture by Robert L. Carneiro Pdf

Is history more than (in Boswell's words) a `chronological series of remarkable events'? Does it have a pattern? Is it fraught with `meaning'? Can we discern its trends? What determines its course? In short, can a substantial and coherent philosophy of history be devised that offers answers to these questions? These issues, which have intrigued -and bedeviled - historians for centuries, are explored in this thoughtful book.

Author : A. T. Fomenko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Chronology, Historical
ISBN : 2913621015

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History, Fiction Or Science? by A. T. Fomenko Pdf

This is a seven volume treatise on historical dating and scientific arguments regarding the truth or falsehoods in currently accepted historical concepts. It claims the 16th century as the time during which history was created by medieval scribes and cemented by the power of the ecclesial authorities. It is theorized for example that Jesus was actually born in 1053 A.D. and crucified in 1086 A.D.; the Old Testament refers to medieval events and the Apocalyse was written after 1486 A.D.