The essays in this book provide an excellent introduction to the means by which scientists convey their ideas. While diverse in their subject matter, the essays are unified in asserting that scientists compose and use particular representations in contextually organized and contextually sensitive ways, and that these representations - particularly visual displays such as graphs...(展开全部)

To what extent do newly available case records bear out our conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system? Is it true, for example, that Qing courts rarely handled civil lawsuits—those concerned with disputes over land, debt, marriage, and inheritance—as official Qing representations led us to believe? Is it true that decent people did not use the courts? And is it true ...(展开全部)

To what extent do newly available case records bear out our conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system? Is it true, for example, that Qing courts rarely handled civil lawsuits—those concerned with disputes over land, debt, marriage, and inheritance—as official Qing representations led us to believe? Is it true that decent people did not use the courts? And is it true ...(展开全部)

Bas C. van Fraassen presents an original exploration of how we represent the world. Science represents natural phenomena by means of theories, as well as in many concrete ways by such means as pictures, graphs, table-top models, and computer simulations. Scientific Representation begins with an inquiry into the nature of representation in general, drawing on such diverse sourc...(展开全部)

This fascinating study in the sociology of science explores the way scientists conduct, and draw conclusions from, their experiments. The book is organized around three case studies: replication of the TEA-laser, detecting gravitational rotation, and some experiments in the paranormal. "In his superb book, Collins shows why the quest for certainty is disappointed. He shows that...(展开全部)

帕特里克·苏佩斯（Patrick Colonel Suppes，1922-），美国著名哲学家，哥伦比亚大学哲学博士，师从著名哲学家托马斯·内格尔。1952年起，他任教于斯坦福大学，1959-1992年担任社会科学数理研究中心主任。现为露西·斯特恩哲学教授，斯坦福大学荣誉退休教授。因在数学心理学方面的突出贡献，1965年苏佩斯教授被选为国家科学院院士，1990年被总统乔治·布什授予国家科学奖；同时因其对科学哲学的杰出贡献，苏佩斯教授于2003年获得拉卡托斯奖的殊荣。苏佩斯教授在科学哲学、测量理论、量子力学的基础、决定理论、心理学和教育技术等领域都做出了重要贡献。

Philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science have grown interested in the daily practices of scientists. Recent studies have drawn linkages between scientific innovations and more ordinary procedures, craft skills, and sources of sponsorship. These studies dispute the idea that science is the application of a unified method or the outgrowth of a progressive history of ...(展开全部)