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- Book Title
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691017093
ISBN-13
9780691017099
eBay Product ID (ePID)
963092
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
290 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Invisible World : Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscope
Subject
General, History & Surveys / Modern, History, Europe / General
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Science, History
Series
Studies in Intellectual History and the History of Philosophy Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
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College Audience
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The Invisible Worldis a welcome step toward a renewed appreciation of classical light microscopy. -- Nicolas Rasmussen, Contemporary Sociology, " The Invisible World is a welcome step toward a renewed appreciation of classical light microscopy." --Nicolas Rasmussen, Contemporary Sociology, Wilson shows that microscopic observations reinforced the contemporary idea of the 'living machine'--that is, a reductionist view of nature. And therein lies the ultimate paradox of our machine-driven science: the essence of our natural world remains hidden despite our increasingly sophisticated scientific technology., "A very stimulating discussion of the interplay between scientific theory and scientific instrumentation, in the context of an instrument with which most feel familiar. . . . Fully documented and intensively argued."-- Brian Bracegirdle, New Scientist, Winner of the 1996 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Biological Science, Association of American Publishers, A very stimulating discussion of the interplay between scientific theory and scientific instrumentation, in the context of an instrument with which most feel familiar. . . . Fully documented and intensively argued., This is an important work. It breaks new ground, and it forces us to reassess some of our most cherished assumptions about the scientific revolution., "Wilson shows that microscopic observations reinforced the contemporary idea of the 'living machine'--that is, a reductionist view of nature. And therein lies the ultimate paradox of our machine-driven science: the essence of our natural world remains hidden despite our increasingly sophisticated scientific technology."-- Willem Hackmann, Nature, "This is an important work. It breaks new ground, and it forces us to reassess some of our most cherished assumptions about the scientific revolution." --Joseph C. Pitt, Journal of the History of Biology, "A very stimulating discussion of the interplay between scientific theory and scientific instrumentation, in the context of an instrument with which most feel familiar. . . . Fully documented and intensively argued." --Brian Bracegirdle, New Scientist, "This is an important work. It breaks new ground, and it forces us to reassess some of our most cherished assumptions about the scientific revolution."-- Joseph C. Pitt, Journal of the History of Biology, A very stimulating discussion of the interplay between scientific theory and scientific instrumentation, in the context of an instrument with which most feel familiar. . . . Fully documented and intensively argued. -- Brian Bracegirdle, New Scientist, "Wilson's book is a delightful work of immense scholarship."-- Steven Shapin, American Historical Review, Wilson's book is a delightful work of immense scholarship. -- Steven Shapin, American Historical Review, "Wilson's book is a delightful work of immense scholarship." --Steven Shapin, American Historical Review, This is an important work. It breaks new ground, and it forces us to reassess some of our most cherished assumptions about the scientific revolution. -- Joseph C. Pitt, Journal of the History of Biology, "Wilson shows that microscopic observations reinforced the contemporary idea of the 'living machine'--that is, a reductionist view of nature. And therein lies the ultimate paradox of our machine-driven science: the essence of our natural world remains hidden despite our increasingly sophisticated scientific technology." --Willem Hackmann, Nature, The Invisible World is a welcome step toward a renewed appreciation of classical light microscopy. -- Nicolas Rasmussen, Contemporary Sociology, " The Invisible World is a welcome step toward a renewed appreciation of classical light microscopy."-- Nicolas Rasmussen, Contemporary Sociology, Wilson shows that microscopic observations reinforced the contemporary idea of the 'living machine'--that is, a reductionist view of nature. And therein lies the ultimate paradox of our machine-driven science: the essence of our natural world remains hidden despite our increasingly sophisticated scientific technology. -- Willem Hackmann, Nature
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Dewey Edition
20
Series Volume Number
2
Dewey Decimal
113
Synopsis
In the seventeenth century the microscope opened up a new world of observation, and, according to Catherine Wilson, profoundly revised the thinking of scientists and philosophers alike. The interior of nature, once closed off to both sympathetic intuition and direct perception, was now accessible with the help of optical instruments. The microscope led to a conception of science as an objective, procedure-driven mode of inquiry and renewed interest in atomism and mechanism. Focusing on the earliest forays into microscopical research, from 1620 to 1720, this book provides us with both a compelling technological history and a lively assessment of the new knowledge that helped launch philosophy into the modern era. Wilson argues that the discovery of the microworld--and the apparent role of living animalcula in generation, contagion, and disease--presented metaphysicians with the task of reconciling the ubiquity of life with human-centered theological systems. It was also a source of problems for philosophers concerned with essences, qualities, and the limits of human knowledge, whose positions are echoed in current debates about realism and instrument-mediated knowledge.Covering the contributions of pioneering microscopists (Leeuwenhoek, Swammerdam, Malpighi, Grew, and Hooke) and the work of philosophers interested in the microworld (Bacon, Descartes, Leibniz, Malebranche, Locke, and Berkeley), she challenges historians who view the abstract sciences as the sole catalyst of the Scientific Revolution as she stresses the importance of observational and experimental science to the modern intellect., In the seventeenth century the microscope opened up a new world of observation, and, according to Catherine Wilson, profoundly revised the thinking of scientists and philosophers alike. The interior of nature, once closed off to both sympathetic intuition and direct perception, was now accessible with the help of optical instruments. The microscope led to a conception of science as an objective, procedure-driven mode of inquiry and renewed interest in atomism and mechanism. Focusing on the earliest forays into microscopical research, from 1620 to 1720, this book provides us with both a compelling technological history and a lively assessment of the new knowledge that helped launch philosophy into the modern era. Wilson argues that the discovery of the microworld--and the apparent role of living animalcula in generation, contagion, and disease--presented metaphysicians with the task of reconciling the ubiquity of life with human-centered theological systems. It was also a source of problems for philosophers concerned with essences, qualities, and the limits of human knowledge, whose positions are echoed in current debates about realism and instrument-mediated knowledge. Covering the contributions of pioneering microscopists (Leeuwenhoek, Swammerdam, Malpighi, Grew, and Hooke) and the work of philosophers interested in the microworld (Bacon, Descartes, Leibniz, Malebranche, Locke, and Berkeley), she challenges historians who view the abstract sciences as the sole catalyst of the Scientific Revolution as she stresses the importance of observational and experimental science to the modern intellect., Focusing on the earliest forays into microscopical research, from 1620 to 1720, this book provides technological history of the knowledge that helped launch philosophy into the modern era. It argues that the discovery of microworld presented metaphysicians with the task of reconciling the ubiquity of life with human-centered theological systems.
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