Dear, Peter Robert (Author)
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 27, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 37-55
Edition Details: Part of special issue “Clio Meets Science: The Challenges of History ”
Language: English
Scholars nowadays generally accept that there is no single enterprise of science---that there is a multiplicity of special studies that are grouped together under that label. This article discusses a possible route by which to trace certain common cultural characteristics of modern science, rooted in a particular (and complex) relationship between discourses of philosophical understanding and utilitarian practice. The issue is examined in relation to recent discussions of the scope of the history of science, metaphors of networks and circulation of knowledge, present-centeredness, and the temporal continuity of historical accounts. The article illustrates how the two entwined themes of natural philosophy and instrumentality may be traced in forms characteristic of an ideology of modern science.
...MoreArticle Golinski, Jan (2012) Is It Time to Forget Science? Reflections on Singular Science and Its History. Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 19-36).
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