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Good Science: Epistemic Values and Scholarly Reputations in Europe, 1770–1830
The present project is aimed at confronting the processes of institutionalization, professionalization, and specialization of knowledge with the hypot
Smartness
“Smartness” is a graphic novel I am writing in collaboration with Dr. Orit Halpern. It tells the story of the eclectic group of dreamers who reconfigu
Historicidade e Objetividade
Nesta coletânea, os leitores terão a oportunidade de encontrar pela primeira vez traduzidos no Brasil os artigos da historiadora das ciências Lorraine Daston sobre a objetividade nas ciências. De longa data a autora tem tratado deste tema. Um dos pilares da ciência moderna, a objetividade científica foi considerada eterna e pouco problematizada por historiadores, uma vez que se pressupôs que o assunto estaria recortado dentro de uma Epistemologia eminentemente a-histórica.
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Theory, Practice, and Nature In-between: Antonio Vallisneri's "Primi Itineris Specimen"
In the summer of 1704, Antonio Vallisneri (1661–1730), the preeminent Italian physician and natural philosopher of his time, traveled with a “daring soul” and “trembling feet” across the “silent horrors” of the northern Apennines: down the hills south of Reggio Emilia to northern Tuscany and the western edge of his native land, the Province of Garfagnana.
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Itineraries of Materials, Recipes, Techniques, and Knowledge Across Eurasia, 750–1800
Global historians have noted the burgeoning commerce and increasing global economic integration of the early modern world, especially with regard to t
Publications, Smith, P. H. (2015). The Matter of Ideas in the Working of Metals in Early Modern Europe. In C. Anderson, A. Dunlop, P. H. Smith (Eds.), The Matter of Art: Materials, Practices, Cultural Logics, c. 1250-1750 (pp. 42-67). Manchester University Press.