scholarly journals The History of Science and the Science of History: Computational Methods, Algorithms, and the Future of the Field

Isis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Gibson ◽  
Cindy Ermus
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Computational Methods ◽  
Science Of History ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

What is a scientific instrument, now?

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liba Taub
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Scientific Instrument ◽  
Scientific Instruments ◽  
Classic Article ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

Abstract In 1990, Deborah Jean Warner, a curator at the Smithsonian Institution, published her now-classic article ‘What is a scientific instrument, when did it become one, and why?’. These questions were prompted by practical curatorial considerations: what was she supposed to collect for her museum? Today, we are still considering questions of what we collect for the future, why, and how. These questions have elicited some new and perhaps surprising answers since the publication of Warner’s article, sometimes – but not only – as a reflection of changing technologies and laboratory practices, and also as a result of changes in those disciplines that study science, including history of science and philosophy of science. In focusing attention on meanings associated with scientific instrument collections, and thinking about what objects are identified as scientific instruments, I consider how definitions of instruments influence what is collected and preserved.

scholarly journals SCIENCE IN HISTORY

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-242
Author(s):  
JAMES POSKETT
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
History Of Political Thought ◽  
Historiography Of Science ◽  
The Future ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anglophone World

AbstractWhat is the history of science? How has it changed over the course of the twentieth century? And what does the future hold for the discipline? This ‘Retrospect’ provides an introduction to the historiography of science as it developed in the Anglophone world. It begins with the foundation of the Cambridge History of Science Committee in the 1940s and ends with the growth of cultural history in the 2000s. At the broadest level, it emphasizes the need to consider the close relationship between history and the history of science. All too often the historiography of science is treated separately from history at large. But as this essay shows, these seemingly distinct fields often developed in relation to one another. This essay also reveals the ways in which Cold War politics shaped the history of science as a discipline. It then concludes by considering the future, suggesting that the history of science and the history of political thought would benefit from greater engagement with one another.

scholarly journals Integrando História da Ciência e o lúdico: As experiências de Henri, o pupilo de Lavoisier

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Victor Gomes Lima Ferraz ◽  
Fernanda Luiza De Faria ◽  
Flávia Ribas De Brito ◽  
Ingrid Nunes Derossi ◽  
Maria Helena Zambelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Science Teaching ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
Teaching Science ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Conservation Of Mass ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

ResumoEste artigo aborda a utilização de um jogo virtual como recurso didático e as possibilidades de aplicação para o professor. Desse modo, apresentamos a narrativa central do jogo e alguns aspectos que permitem a discussão sobre a visão da ciência e do cientista, o papel da mulher na ciência, dentre outros. No jogo, o jogador é inserido no século XVIII, durante a Revolução Francesa, e é apresentado a Antoine Laurent Lavoisier e sua esposa. Ao longo da história o jogador é convidado a enfrentar alguns desafios que trabalham conceitos sobre a Lei da Conservação da Massa. A partir dessa discussão apresentamos alguns resultados da aplicação do jogo, onde observamos que os alunos conseguiram executar as atividades propostas sem dificuldades. Futuramente pretendemos disponibilizar o jogo para professores utilizarem esse recurso com seus alunos. Palavras-chave: História da Ciência; Ensino de Ciência.AbstractThis paper discusses the use of a virtual game as didactic resource and the possibilities of application for the teacher. In this way we present the central narrative of the game and some aspects that allow the discussion about the vision of science and the scientist, the role of women in science, among others. In the game, the player is inserted in the eighteenth century during the French Revolution, and is introduced to Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and his wife. Throughout history the player is invited to face some challenges that discusses some concepts on the law of conservation of mass. From this discussion we present some results of the application of the game, where we observed that the students were able to execute the proposed activities without difficulties. In the future we intend to make the game available for teachers to use this resource with their students.Keywords: History of Science; Teaching Science.

Toward a philosophical history of psychology: An alternative path for the future

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saulo de Freitas Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
History Of Psychology ◽  
Contemporary Debate ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dominant Tendency

Recent transformations in the history of science and the philosophy of science have led historians of psychology to raise questions about the future development of their historiography. Although there is a dominant tendency among them to view their discipline as related to the social turn in the history of science, there is no consensus over how to approach the history of psychology methodologically. The aim of this article is to address the issue of the future of the historiography of psychology by proposing an alternative but complementary path for the field, which I call a philosophical history of psychology. In order to achieve this goal, I will first present and discuss the emergence of the social turn in the history of psychology, showing some of its problems. I will then introduce the contemporary debate about the integration of the history of science and the philosophy of science as an alternative model for the history of psychology. Finally, I will propose general guidelines for a philosophical history of psychology, discussing some of its possible advantages and limitations.

Beckett im Labor

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-67
Author(s):  
Peter Bexte
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Samuel Beckett ◽  
Typical Problem ◽  
Grammatical Form ◽  
Deferred Action ◽  
Look Back ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

Samuel Becketts künstlerische und Hans-Jörg Rheinbergers wissenschaftshistorische Arbeiten mögen völlig unterschiedlich wirken. Überraschenderweise aber zeigen sich beide durchdrungen von einer speziellen grammatikalischen Form: dem Futur II. Die Grammatik der vollendeten Zukunft rührt an Freuds schwierigen Begriff der Nachträglichkeit. Die skeptische Frage lautet, ob man das Ende einer Serie bestimmen kann, in der man noch steckt – sei es das Leben (Beckett) oder seien es Experimente (Rheinberger). In all diesen Fällen ist es prinzipiell ausgeschlossen, das Ende zu bestimmen. Es handelt sich um ein typisches Beckett-Problem, das Rheinberger in die Wissenschaftsgeschichte eingetragen hat. Die Schlussfolgerung lautet: »Am Ende« wird die Wissenschaftsgeschichte einer Beckett-Story nicht unähnlich geworden sein.<br><br>What Samuel Beckett did in art seems to be far away from what Hans-Jörg Rheinberger did in the history of science. Surprisingly enough both share a fascination for a quite special grammatical form: the future perfect. Using the future perfect touches upon Freud’s tricky notion of deferred action (»Nachträglichkeit«). A certain skepticism concerning the structure of a series is implied whenever an observer tries to look back at what he/she is still doing – for instance living (Beckett) or experimenting (Rheinberger). In all these cases it is principally impossible to know if a certain series is finished or is still going on. It may be a typical problem of Beckett’s; but Rheinberger has raised it for writing history of science. The conclusion is simple: »In the end« the history of science will have taken the appearance of a Beckett story.

Synchronization from the point of view of the history of science

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 711-720
Author(s):  
Giampiero Bozzolato
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Future ◽  
Spatial Dimensions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mode Of Production

Time as defined in the context of individual lives cannot be measured or compared; it therefore needs to be particularized through processes of synchronization and desynchronization. Subjectivity is a notion that supports temporal objectivity only if the mode of production is not based on a concept of exchange but on simple appropriation. Time as identified with the life of the individual remains incommensurable. But the history of growth in the spatial dimensions of trade and the reduction in the amount of time needed to effect commercial exchanges is integral to and consequent on the development of science as a method of forecasting and planning. As trade grows, so does the role of science, to the point where it can be seen as pivotal to a society in which the practice of trade is becoming both universal and frequent. The growth of trade was the cause and the effect of both a need to consolidate and develop an increasingly complex system of forecasting, and the requirement for a science with the capacity to make the future less unpredictable.

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