An introduction to the historiography of science

著者

• Kragh, Helge

書誌事項

An introduction to the historiography of science

Helge Kragh

Cambridge University Press, 1987

• : pbk

注記

Bibliography: p. [216]-231

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book introduces the methodological and philosophical problems with which modern history of science is concerned, offering a comprehensive and critical review through description and evaluation of significant historiographical viewpoints. Incorporating discussion of key problems in general historical writing, with examples drawn from a range of disciplines, this non-elementary introduction bridges the gap between general history and history of science. Following a review of the early development of the history of science, the theory of history as applied to science history is introduced, examining the basic problems which this generates, including problems of periodisation, ideological functions, and the conflict between diachronical and anachronical historiography. Finally, the book considers the critical use, and analysis, of historical sources, and the possibility of the experiemental reconstruction of history. Aimed primarily at students, the book's broad scope and integration of historical, philosophical and scientific matters will interest philosophers, sociologists and general historians, for whom there is no alternative introduction to the subject at this level.

目次

• Preface
• 1. Aspects of the development of the history of science
• 2. History of science
• 3. Objectives and justification
• 4. Elements of theory of history
• 5. Objectivity in history
• 6. Explanations
• 7. Hypothetical history
• 8. Structure and organization
• 9. Anachronical and diachronical history of science
• 10. Ideology and myths in the history of science
• 11. Sources
• 12. Evaluation of source materials
• 13. Scientists' histories
• 14. Experimental history of science
• 15. The biographical approach
• 16. Prosopography
• 17. Scientometric historiography
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA03597253
• ISBN:
  • 0521333601
  • 0521389216
• LCCN: 86028334
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge ; New York
• ページ数/冊数: viii, 235 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : Q125
  • DC19 : 507/.22
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Science -- Historiography