Title Philosophical instruments : minds and tools at work / Daniel Rothbart ; foreword by Rom Harré.

Imprint

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.

Location	Call Number	Status
Collections Reference	Q175.32.K45 R68 2007	LIB USE ONLY

Description	xiv, 138 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-134) and index.
Contents	Foreword / Rom Harré -- Preface -- Science, technology, and philosophy -- Analogies of design -- Testing design plans -- Icons of design and images of art -- Microscopes, machines, and matter -- Atoms : easier than ever before -- Specimens as machines -- Afterword.
Subject(s)	Knowledge, Theory of.
	Experimental design.
	Science -- Philosophy.
	Scientific apparatus and instruments.