Rethinking Reality

Lucretius and the Textualization of Nature

Duncan F. Kennedy

146 pages, parution le 14/01/2003

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Résumé

"Rethinking Reality: Lucretius and the Textualization of Nature provides a lucid and concise introduction to contemporary debates about representation and the status of scientific claims, epistemological issues central to the so-called Science Wars. The book offers a stimulating reading of Lucretius's poem on physics, On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Naturum), which Duncan Kennedy uses as a case study in the historicization of scientific theory."
The book explores the historical, philosophical, and literary issues surrounding the question of the relationship between representation and reality. It engages in a sustained argument about realist assumptions in scientific and other discourses through detailed analysis and discussion of some of the most important recent contributions in this debate. What are the implications of regarding such knowledge as "discovered" or "invented"? How is the rhetoric of such claims to be identified and the pretensions of those claims assessed? In what ways can realist and constructivist approaches be reconciled? How do these considerations affect the way we read scientific texts from the past and regard them historically?

Contents

Essay I: Rethinking Reality
Essay II: Is man the Measure of All Things?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	The University of Michigan Press
Auteur(s)	Duncan F. Kennedy
Parution	14/01/2003
Nb. de pages	146
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	390g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780472112883
ISBN13	978-0-472-11288-3