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Experiments at the Intersection of Experimental History, Technological Inquiry, and Conceptually Driven Analysis: A Case Study from Early Nineteenth-Century France

Experiments at the Intersection of Experimental History, Technological Inquiry, and Conceptually... The paper examines differences of styles of experimentation in the history of science. It presents arguments for a historization of our historial and philosophical notion of “experimentation,” which question the common view that “experimental philosophy” was the only style of experimentation in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It argues, in particular, that “experimental history” and technological inquiry were accepted styles of academic experimentation at the time. These arguments are corroborated by a careful analysis of a case study, which is embedded in a comparative historical overview. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Perspectives on Science MIT Press

Experiments at the Intersection of Experimental History, Technological Inquiry, and Conceptually Driven Analysis: A Case Study from Early Nineteenth-Century France

Perspectives on Science , Volume 13 (1) – Mar 1, 2005

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MIT Press
Copyright
© 2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ISSN
1063-6145
eISSN
1530-9274
DOI
10.1162/1063614053714063
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Abstract

The paper examines differences of styles of experimentation in the history of science. It presents arguments for a historization of our historial and philosophical notion of “experimentation,” which question the common view that “experimental philosophy” was the only style of experimentation in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It argues, in particular, that “experimental history” and technological inquiry were accepted styles of academic experimentation at the time. These arguments are corroborated by a careful analysis of a case study, which is embedded in a comparative historical overview.

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Perspectives on ScienceMIT Press

Published: Mar 1, 2005

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