Understanding Nature: Case Studies in Comparative Epistemology
(Book #13 in the The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics Series)
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Comparative Epistemology.- Antecedents: Comparative Epistemology as an Outcome.- Animal Epistemology.- What is an Animal? A Comparative Epistemology of Animals.- What is a Whale? Moby-Dick, Marine Science and the Sublime.- What is a Dog? Animal Experiments and Animal Novels.- The Birth of a Research Animal.- Plants, Landscapes and Environments.- Aquaphobia, Tulipmania, Biophilia: A Moral Geography of the Dutch Landscape.- Taming Microbes: Ibsen's Dr. Stockmann as a Contemporary of Pasteur and Koch.- Pea Stories. Why was Mendel's Research Ignored in 1866 and Rediscovered in 1900?.- Jules Verne's Oeuvre: A Literary Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology.- Conclusion.- Epistemological Exercises: Towards a Typology of Knowledge Forms.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:9048176549
ISBN13:9789048176540
Release Date:November 2010
Publisher:Springer
Length:286 Pages
Weight:0.92 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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