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philosophies of technology 2 volume set francis bacon and his contemporaries
the essays in the present volume attempt to historically reconstruct the various dependencies of philosophical and scientific knowledge of the material and technical culture of the early modern era and to draw systematic conclusions for the writing of early modern history of science.the divisive transformation of humanist scholarly culture the scholastic school philosophy as well as magic in the form of a philosophy of practice is always associated with the work of francis bacon . all of these essays in this volume reflect the close interaction between technical models and knowledge production in natural philosophy natural history and epistemology . it becomes clear that the technological developments of the early modern era can not be adequately depicted in the form of a pure history of technology but rather only as part of a broader cultural history of the sciences . contributors include todd andrew borlik arianna borrelli thomas brandstetter daniel damler luisa dolza moritz epple berthold heinecke dana jalobeanu ja1 4rgen klein staffan ma1 4ller wille romano nanni jarmo pulkkinen pablo schneider andra c s vaccari benjamin wardhaugh sophie weeks and claus zittel .
hardcover brill academic pub 2008 isbn13 9789004170506 isbn10 9004170502
book type nf isbn 13 9789004170506 number of pages 250 publisher brill academic publishers release date 62135769600000 volume capacity 11