| Instrumental Realism: The Interface Between Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology Contributor(s): Ihde, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 025320626X ISBN-13: 9780253206268 Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips) OUR PRICE: $21.78 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1991 Annotation: 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." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Technology & Engineering |
| Dewey: 601 |
| LCCN: 90042334 |
| Series: Indiana the Philosophy of Technology |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.17" W x 9.28" (0.68 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |