Cristina Chimisso

Hélène Metzger, Historian and Historiographer of the Sciences (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Hélène Metzger (1889-1944), the leading historian of chemistry of her generation, left us unparalleled reflections on the theory, practice and aims of history writing. This first full-length monograph on her explores both Metzger's immediate legacy and the relevance of her ideas for a host of current debates in science studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315455358
• Artikelnr.: 58338276

Autorenporträt

Dr. Cristina Chimisso is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and European Studies at the Open University. She is the author of the monographs Writing the History of the Mind: Philosophy and Science in France 1900-1960s (2008), written with the support of an AHRC grant, and Gaston Bachelard: Critic of Science and the Imagination (2001).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and biographical notes on Hélène Metzger
Part I: Themes in Metzger's writings
1: Anachronism and scientific concepts
2: The study of science in the making
3: Emotions, habits and sympathy
Part II: The role of other disciplines in Metzger's historiography
4: Historical synthesis and the shape of history of science
5: History of science and philosophy
Chapter 6: History of science, ethnology and religion
Part III: Metzger's legacy
7: Metzger's impact on her world
8: Metzger in our world
Appendix: Four talks by Hélène Metzger
Appendix 1: Should historians of science become the contemporaries of the scholars they study?
Appendix 2: The tribunal of history and the theory of scientific knowledge
Appendix 3: The a priori in scientific theory and in history of science
Appendix 4: The philosophical method in the history of science