Narratives and Comparisons : Adversaries or Allies in Understanding Science? /
Narratives and Comparisons : Adversaries or Allies in Understanding Science? /
Martin Carrier, Rebecca Mertens, Carsten Reinhardt.
- 1 online resource (206 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Does Narrative Matter? -- Historical Narrative versus Comparative Description? -- On the Narrative Order of Experimentation -- The Flower People of Shanidar -- Narrating and Comparing in the Organization of Research Projects -- Seeing, Comparing, Narrating -- Narrating Art History -- Authors
Open Access
As a powerful tool in the production of knowledge, comparing plays a crucial part in the sciences and the humanities. This volume explores the relationship between comparing and narrating in epistemic practices and clarifies the ways in which narratives enable or impede practices of comparing. It takes into account related activities, such as measuring and classifying, modeling, establishing norms and categories, as well as organizing and popularizing knowledge, to analyze the ambivalent relationship between narratives, scientific explanation, and understanding. The contributions bring out the epistemic role of narratives, and elucidate how narratives are connected to comparisons and scientific explanations.
In English.
9783839454152 3839454158
10.14361/9783839454152 doi
0BA341B9-34B7-4370-93BA-0F72470AD0C1 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
HISTORY--Social History.
Science--Philosophy.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Science--Philosophy.
Bielefeld University Press. Explanation. History of Art. History of Science. Literary Studies. Narrative. Philosophy of Science. Science. Sociology of Science.
Electronic books.
Q175 / .N37 2021eb
501
Includes bibliographical references.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Does Narrative Matter? -- Historical Narrative versus Comparative Description? -- On the Narrative Order of Experimentation -- The Flower People of Shanidar -- Narrating and Comparing in the Organization of Research Projects -- Seeing, Comparing, Narrating -- Narrating Art History -- Authors
Open Access
As a powerful tool in the production of knowledge, comparing plays a crucial part in the sciences and the humanities. This volume explores the relationship between comparing and narrating in epistemic practices and clarifies the ways in which narratives enable or impede practices of comparing. It takes into account related activities, such as measuring and classifying, modeling, establishing norms and categories, as well as organizing and popularizing knowledge, to analyze the ambivalent relationship between narratives, scientific explanation, and understanding. The contributions bring out the epistemic role of narratives, and elucidate how narratives are connected to comparisons and scientific explanations.
In English.
9783839454152 3839454158
10.14361/9783839454152 doi
0BA341B9-34B7-4370-93BA-0F72470AD0C1 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
HISTORY--Social History.
Science--Philosophy.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Science--Philosophy.
Bielefeld University Press. Explanation. History of Art. History of Science. Literary Studies. Narrative. Philosophy of Science. Science. Sociology of Science.
Electronic books.
Q175 / .N37 2021eb
501