{"product_id":"on-the-metaphysics-of-experimental-physics-9781349522927","title":"On the Metaphysics of Experimental Physics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis provocative and critical work addresses the question of why scientific realists and positivists consider experimental physics to be a natural and empirical science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART 1: ENTERING THE CAVE OF THE SHADOW PUPPETEERS The Cave of the Shadow Puppeteers How are Science and Technology Related? Technology, Knowledge and Truth PART 2: THE SPIRIT OF THE ENTERPRISE Bhaskar's Realist Theory of Science The Inadequacy of Empirical Adequacy Bhaskar's Transcendental Argument PART 3: THE MATHEMATICAL PROJECTION OF SIX SIMPLE MACHINES Galileo and the Mathematical Projection of the Six Simple Machines Mechanical Realism and the Mechanical World-View PART 4: THE 'MAKING' OF THE GROUND PLAN OF NATURE Setting-up the Ground Plan Construals, Technographe, Exoframing and Mathematial Practices 'Making' the Ground Plan of Nature The Theory of the Real PART 5: THE ANVIL OF PRACTICE AND THE ART OF EXPERIMENTATION Models, Metaphors and Machine Performances The Technological Framework of Experimental Physics Technology, Truth and Experimental Physics PART 6: WHAT ENABLES US TO BUILD MACHINES? Whence the Resistance? What Enables Us to Build Machines? Leaving the Cave of the Shadow Puppeteers Notes and References Index","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742421713239,"sku":"9781349522927","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781349522927.jpg?v=1758384863","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-the-metaphysics-of-experimental-physics-9781349522927","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}