Astrid Schwarz

Experiments in Practice (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Traditionally experimentation has been understood as an activity performed within the laboratory, but in the twenty-first century this view is being challenged. Schwarz uses ecological and environmental case studies to show how scientific experiments can transcend the laboratory.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317317913
• Artikelnr.: 43589305

Autorenporträt

Schwarz, Astrid

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Towards an Experimental Mode in Science, Society and Philosophy
Chapter 1 (De)Liberating the Experiment: A Different History of the Philosophy of Science
Chapter 2 The Philosophy of Inductive Sciences
Chapter 3 Whewell's Innovation Through Renewal
Chapter 4 The Experiment in Recent Philosophy of Science
Chapter 5 Experimentation in Lab and Field
Chapter 6 Exploring the Field Ideal
Chapter 7 Stretching the Baconian Contract - but How Far?
Chapter 8 About the Epistemology and Culture of Borders/Boundaries
Chapter 9 Excursus: 'Bridging Science' or 'Problem-Based Science'?
Chapter 10 Ecotechnology Complements Ecoscience: Probing A Framework
Chapter 11 On the Pleasures of Ecotechnology
Chapter 12 Conducting a Social Experiment: 'Building with Nature'
Chapter 13 Political Economy of Experiments
conclusion Conclusion: Experiments in Practice - The Work of Experiments