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Instrumental Realism: The Interface between Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology) - Softcover

Ihde, Don

 
9780253206268: Instrumental Realism: The Interface between Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Technology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 025320626X ISBN 13: 9780253206268
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1991

Synopsis

"Ihde is perhaps uniquely situated to provide authoritative accounts of such diverse philosophical traditions as those involved in current explorations of the technology of scientific instruments. . . . Ihde's book breaks new ground and . . . makes an important debate accessible." ―Robert Ackermann

Instrumental Realism has three principal aims: to advocate a "praxis-perception" approach to the philosophy of science; to explore ways in which such an approach offers a mutually illuminating overlap with a philosophy of technology; and to examine comparatively and critically the work of some who advocate an "instrumental realist" approach to the philosophy of science.

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Review

"Ihde is perhaps uniquely situated to provide authoritative accounts of such diverse philosophical traditions as those involved in current explorations of the technology of scientific instruments... Ihde's book breaks new ground and ... makes an important debate accessible." - Robert Ackermann

Synopsis

In this volume, Don Ihde argues that scientific instrumentation is the link between philosophy of science and philosophy of technology and shows that the interconnections between the two involve scientific instrumentation as an "interface."

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
025320626X
ISBN 13 
9780253206268
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
176