Ways of Knowing: A New History of Science, Technology and Medicine

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.

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EAN	9780719059940
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Subject Area	Technology & Engineering, Science, Medical, History
Publication Name	Ways of Knowing : a New History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Item Length	8.5 in
Subject	Historiography, History
Publication Year	2000
Type	Textbook
Format	Trade Paperback
Language	English
Item Height	0.6 in
Author	John V. Pickstone
Item Weight	12.8 Oz
Item Width	5.4 in
Number of Pages	288 Pages