Creatively undecided : toward a history and philosophy of scientific agency /
Fisch, Menachem,
Creatively undecided : toward a history and philosophy of scientific agency / Menachem Fisch. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
I (orientations) -- Two beginnings: an overture in the first person -- We (philosophers) -- The philosophical framework -- The problem for science -- Toward a narratology of scientific framework transitions -- Interlude the story so far and that to come -- They (a history) -- Peacock, Babbage, and the "heresy of the dots" -- Creatively undecided: the making of Peacock's two algebras -- Peacock's impact.
9780226514659
Science--Philosophy.
Ambiguity in science.
Mathematics--History--England--19th century.
Science--History--19th century.
Electronic Books.
Q175 / .C743 2017
Creatively undecided : toward a history and philosophy of scientific agency / Menachem Fisch. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
I (orientations) -- Two beginnings: an overture in the first person -- We (philosophers) -- The philosophical framework -- The problem for science -- Toward a narratology of scientific framework transitions -- Interlude the story so far and that to come -- They (a history) -- Peacock, Babbage, and the "heresy of the dots" -- Creatively undecided: the making of Peacock's two algebras -- Peacock's impact.
9780226514659
Science--Philosophy.
Ambiguity in science.
Mathematics--History--England--19th century.
Science--History--19th century.
Electronic Books.
Q175 / .C743 2017