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On the Metaphysics of Experimental Physics

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  • © 2005

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  1. Karl Rogers
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Entering the Cave of the Shadow Puppeteers

    • Karl Rogers
    Pages 1-34

  3. The Spirit of the Enterprise

    • Karl Rogers
    Pages 35-73

  4. The Mathematical Projection of the Six Simple Machines

    • Karl Rogers
    Pages 74-106

  5. The “Making” of the Ground-Plan of Nature

    • Karl Rogers
    Pages 107-144

  6. The Anvil of Practice and the Art of Experimentation

    • Karl Rogers
    Pages 145-184

  7. What Enables Us to Build Machines?

    • Karl Rogers
    Pages 185-223

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 224-252
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This provocative and critical work addresses the question of why scientific realists and positivists consider experimental physics to be a natural and empirical science. Taking insights from contemporary science studies, continental philosophy, and the history of physics, this book describes and analyses the metaphysical presuppositions that underwrite the technological use of experimental apparatus and instruments to explore, model, and understand nature. By revealing this metaphysical foundation, the author questions whether experimental physics is a natural and empirical science at all.

About the author

KARL ROGERS studied Physics and Philosophy at Lancaster University, UK. He received his PhD in the Philosophy of Science from the University of Bath, UK. He is a Research Fellow in Science Studies at Bath University and is the Co-founder of the John Dewey Center for Democracy and Education, Minneapolis.

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