Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives on Experimental Control

Schickore, Jutta, Newman, William R.

Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives on Experimental Control
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-03-30
  • 售價: $2,190
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 307
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 3031529561
  • ISBN-13: 9783031529566

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This open access book provides a historical treatment of scientific control in experimentation in the longue durée. The introduction distinguishes four related strands in the history of experimental control: the development of practices to stabilize experimental conditions; the career of the comparative design; the unfolding of methodological discussions about control practices and designs; and the history of the term "control". Each chapter brings these distinctions to bear on specific historical episodes. The focus is on experiments with complex, elusive phenomena such as perception and learning, irregular movements, and unobservable elements. Such experiments bring control issues to the fore because they are difficult to design and stabilize and often controversial. Together, the chapters show that the local context shapes what exactly is controlled, how control can be accomplished, and how controls are justified. They also show that control strategies and methodological ideas often remain stable for a long time and change only gradually. This book, as well as the volume on analysis and synthesis in experimentation by the same editors, contains contributions by an array of experts from multiple disciplines, making it suitable for historians and philosophers of science and students alike.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本開放存取的書籍提供了對長期實驗中科學控制的歷史性探討。導言區分了實驗控制歷史中的四個相關方面：發展穩定實驗條件的實踐；比較設計的發展；關於控制實踐和設計的方法論討論的展開；以及「控制」一詞的歷史。每一章節都將這些區別應用於特定的歷史事件。重點是對於感知和學習、不規則運動和不可觀察元素等複雜、難以捉摸的現象進行的實驗。這些實驗凸顯了控制問題，因為它們難以設計和穩定，並且常常引起爭議。這些章節共同展示了當地背景如何塑造確切的控制內容，如何實現控制，以及如何證明控制的合理性。它們還表明，控制策略和方法論觀念通常在很長一段時間內保持穩定，只會逐漸變化。這本書以及同一編輯的有關實驗分析和綜合的卷書籍，包含了來自多個學科的專家的貢獻，適合科學史和哲學家以及學生閱讀。

作者簡介

Jutta Schickore is Ruth N. Halls Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine at Indiana University. Her research has dealt with philosophical and scientific debates about scientific methods in past and present, particularly debates about (non)replicability, error, and negative results, historical and philosophical aspects of microscopy; and the relation between history and philosophy of science. She held a Sir Henry Wellcome Research Fellowship at the at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science in Cambridge, UK, as well as postdoctoral fellowships at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology at M.I.T. (Cambridge, Mass.) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin, Germany). She has been a member of the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) and fellow at the National Humanities Center (Research Triangle Park).

William R. Newman is Distinguished Professor and Ruth N. Halls Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine at Indiana University. Most of Newman's work in the History of Science has been devoted to alchemy and "chymistry," the art-nature debate, and matter theories, particularly atomism. Newman is also General Editor of the Chymistry of Isaac Newton, an online resource combining digital editions of Newton's alchemical writings with multimedia replications of Newton's alchemical experiments (www.chymistry.org). Newman is on the editorial boards of Archimedes, Early Science and Medicine, and HOPOS. He has been a Guggenheim fellow, member at the Institute for Advanced Study, and fellow at the National Humanities Center.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Jutta Schickore是印第安納大學科學和醫學歷史哲學系的Ruth N. Halls教授。她的研究涉及過去和現在關於科學方法的哲學和科學辯論，尤其是關於（不）可複製性、錯誤和負面結果的辯論，顯微鏡的歷史和哲學方面，以及歷史和科學哲學之間的關係。她曾在英國劍橋大學歷史和科學哲學系擔任亨利·威爾康姆研究員，並在麻省理工學院（麻省劍橋）的Dibner科學和技術歷史研究所以及德國柏林的馬克斯·普朗克科學歷史研究所擔任博士後研究員。她曾是普林斯頓高等研究院的成員，並在國家人文中心（研究三角公園）擔任研究員。

William R. Newman是印第安納大學科學和醫學歷史哲學系的傑出教授和Ruth N. Halls教授。Newman在科學史領域的大部分工作都致力於煉金術和“煉金術”，藝術與自然的辯論，以及物質理論，尤其是原子論。Newman還是Isaac Newton煉金術著作的Chymistry的總編輯，該網站結合了Newton煉金術著作的數字版和Newton煉金術實驗的多媒體複製（www.chymistry.org）。Newman是Archimedes、Early Science and Medicine和HOPOS的編輯委員會成員。他曾獲得古根漢獎學金，是高等研究院的成員，並在國家人文中心擔任研究員。

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