Ways of Knowing - A New History of Science, Technology and Medicine (Paperback)

This is a discussion of the historical development of science, technology and medicine in Western Europe and North America from the Renaissance to the present. By linking its development to the wider context of human society, the constant changing process of human perception, comprehension and manipulation of the world is revealed. Four principal ways of knowing are identified within particular periods: natural history in the 18th century; analysis following the French Revolution; experiment in the epoch of modernism; and the current presence of technoscience. John Pickstone balances the historical exposition of natural magic and natural theology with a philosophical interpretation of the Scientific Revolution and reflective comments on Foucault and Collingwood.

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	John V Pickstone
Index compiled by:	Martin Hargreaves
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-5994-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
LSN:	0-7190-5994-1
Barcode:	9780719059940

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