Howard Chiang
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719096006
- eISBN:
- 9781781708460
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719096006.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This chapter introduces the volume by situating historical epistemology in its proper intellectual and cultural genealogy (from the late nineteenth century to the present), by arguing for the ...
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This chapter introduces the volume by situating historical epistemology in its proper intellectual and cultural genealogy (from the late nineteenth century to the present), by arguing for the usefulness of historical epistemology to move beyond the limitation of the medicalization thesis, and by providing an overview of the book and delineating a history of the objects, authority, and existence of modern Chinese medicine that connects the broader social forces and challenges of globalization to the internal epistemic formations of East Asian medical knowledge.Less
This chapter introduces the volume by situating historical epistemology in its proper intellectual and cultural genealogy (from the late nineteenth century to the present), by arguing for the usefulness of historical epistemology to move beyond the limitation of the medicalization thesis, and by providing an overview of the book and delineating a history of the objects, authority, and existence of modern Chinese medicine that connects the broader social forces and challenges of globalization to the internal epistemic formations of East Asian medical knowledge.
Dalia Nassar (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199976201
- eISBN:
- 9780199395507
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199976201.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy
In the last two decades, philosophers have become increasingly aware of the fact that, in spite of significant differences between the contemporary and romantic contexts, romanticism continues to ...
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In the last two decades, philosophers have become increasingly aware of the fact that, in spite of significant differences between the contemporary and romantic contexts, romanticism continues to “persist,” and the questions that the romantics raised remain relevant today. The Relevance of Romanticism: Essays on Early German Romantic Philosophy is the first collection of essays that directly considers the reasons why philosophers have recently become deeply interested in romantic thought. Through historical and systematic reconstructions, the volume offers greater understanding of romanticism as a philosophical movement and deeper insight into the role that romantic thought plays—or can play—in contemporary philosophical debates. Sixteen essays by both established and emerging scholars discussing key romantic themes and concerns highlight the diversity within both romantic thought and its contemporary reception. Part 1 consists of the first published encounter between Manfred Frank and Frederick Beiser, in which the two major scholars discuss their differing interpretations of philosophical romanticism. Part 2 draws significant connections between romantic conceptions of history, sociability, hermeneutics, and education and explores the ways in which these views can illuminate questions in contemporary social-political philosophy and theories of interpretation. Part 3 consists in some of the most innovative takes on romantic aesthetics, which seek to bring romantic thought into dialogue, with, for instance, contemporary analytic aesthetics and theories of cognition. Part 4 offers a rare rigorous engagement with romantic conceptions of science, and demonstrates ways in which the romantic view of nature, experimentation, and mathematics need not be relegated to historical curiosities.Less
In the last two decades, philosophers have become increasingly aware of the fact that, in spite of significant differences between the contemporary and romantic contexts, romanticism continues to “persist,” and the questions that the romantics raised remain relevant today. The Relevance of Romanticism: Essays on Early German Romantic Philosophy is the first collection of essays that directly considers the reasons why philosophers have recently become deeply interested in romantic thought. Through historical and systematic reconstructions, the volume offers greater understanding of romanticism as a philosophical movement and deeper insight into the role that romantic thought plays—or can play—in contemporary philosophical debates. Sixteen essays by both established and emerging scholars discussing key romantic themes and concerns highlight the diversity within both romantic thought and its contemporary reception. Part 1 consists of the first published encounter between Manfred Frank and Frederick Beiser, in which the two major scholars discuss their differing interpretations of philosophical romanticism. Part 2 draws significant connections between romantic conceptions of history, sociability, hermeneutics, and education and explores the ways in which these views can illuminate questions in contemporary social-political philosophy and theories of interpretation. Part 3 consists in some of the most innovative takes on romantic aesthetics, which seek to bring romantic thought into dialogue, with, for instance, contemporary analytic aesthetics and theories of cognition. Part 4 offers a rare rigorous engagement with romantic conceptions of science, and demonstrates ways in which the romantic view of nature, experimentation, and mathematics need not be relegated to historical curiosities.
Henk W. de Regt
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- August 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190652913
- eISBN:
- 9780190652944
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190652913.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
This chapter introduces the theme of the book: scientific understanding. Science is arguably the most successful product of the human desire for understanding. Reflection on the nature of scientific ...
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This chapter introduces the theme of the book: scientific understanding. Science is arguably the most successful product of the human desire for understanding. Reflection on the nature of scientific understanding is an important and exciting project for philosophers of science, as well as for scientists and interested laypeople. As a first illustration of this, the chapter sketches an episode from the history of science in which discussions about understanding played a crucial role: the genesis of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, and the heated debates about the intelligibility of this theory and the related question of whether it can provide understanding. This case shows that standards of intelligibility of scientists can vary strongly. Furthermore, the chapter outlines and defends the way in which this study approaches its subject, differing essentially from mainstream philosophical discussions of explanatory understanding. It concludes with an overview of the contents of the book.Less
This chapter introduces the theme of the book: scientific understanding. Science is arguably the most successful product of the human desire for understanding. Reflection on the nature of scientific understanding is an important and exciting project for philosophers of science, as well as for scientists and interested laypeople. As a first illustration of this, the chapter sketches an episode from the history of science in which discussions about understanding played a crucial role: the genesis of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, and the heated debates about the intelligibility of this theory and the related question of whether it can provide understanding. This case shows that standards of intelligibility of scientists can vary strongly. Furthermore, the chapter outlines and defends the way in which this study approaches its subject, differing essentially from mainstream philosophical discussions of explanatory understanding. It concludes with an overview of the contents of the book.
Miriam Solomon
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- June 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198732617
- eISBN:
- 9780191796838
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198732617.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
Chapter 1 introduces consensus conferences, evidence-based medicine, translational medicine and narrative medicine. It shows that each was introduced with claims about how transformative for medicine ...
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Chapter 1 introduces consensus conferences, evidence-based medicine, translational medicine and narrative medicine. It shows that each was introduced with claims about how transformative for medicine it would prove to be. It motivates the book by raising initial questions about each method that are not answered by the current literature. The traditional bifurcation between the art and the science of medicine is an obstacle to a fuller understanding of the methods. The tools of recent philosophy of science, integrated history and philosophy of science, science and technology studies and, most specifically, historical epistemology, guides the investigation. An outline of the contents, chapters, and conclusions is given.Less
Chapter 1 introduces consensus conferences, evidence-based medicine, translational medicine and narrative medicine. It shows that each was introduced with claims about how transformative for medicine it would prove to be. It motivates the book by raising initial questions about each method that are not answered by the current literature. The traditional bifurcation between the art and the science of medicine is an obstacle to a fuller understanding of the methods. The tools of recent philosophy of science, integrated history and philosophy of science, science and technology studies and, most specifically, historical epistemology, guides the investigation. An outline of the contents, chapters, and conclusions is given.
