Epistemology, as generally understood by philosophers of science, is rather remote from the history of science and from historical concerns in general. Rheinberger shows that, from the late nineteenth through the late twentieth century, a parallel, alternative discourse sought to come to terms with the rather fundamental experience of the thoroughgoing scientific changes brought on by the revolution in physics. Philosophers of science and historians of science alike contributed their share to what this essay describes as an ongoing quest to historicize epistemology. Historical epistemology, in this sense, is not so concerned with the knowing subject and its mental capacities. Rather, it envisages science as an ongoing cultural endeavor and tries to assess the conditions under which the sciences in all their diversity take shape and change over time.
| ISBN: | 9780804762885 |
| Publication date: | 9th March 2010 |
| Author: | HansJörg Rheinberger |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 114 pages |
| Series: | Cultural Memory in the Present |
| Genres: |
Science: general issues Western philosophy from c 1800 Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge |
Epistemology, as generally understood by philosophers of science, is rather remote from the history of science and from historical concerns in general. Rheinberger shows that, from the late nineteenth through the late twentieth century, a parallel, alternative discourse sought to come to terms with the rather fundamental experience of the thoroughgoing scientific changes brought on by the revolution in physics.
On Historicizing Epistemology features in the following genres: Science: general issues, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge
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On Historicizing Epistemology was written by HansJörg Rheinberger and published by Stanford University Press
On Historicizing Epistemology has 114 pages
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