Nicholas Jardine
Biographic Data
| ID | 219789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Jardine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Jardine |
| SIGNATURE | JARDINE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Aristotelian perplexity and well-being, then and now
The term ‘ aporia’ (perplexity, impasse, obstacle, doubt, puzzle) is frequent throughout Aristotle's works. This essay summarises Aristotle's explicit accounts of aporia, then explores the various roles it plays in his inquiries into nature. There follow some suggestions about ways in which study of current establishment and pursuit of scientific agendas might profit from reflection on the diverse modes and functions of perplexity. The final sect…
Philosophical engagements with distant sciences
This essay considers problems and advantages of philosophical involvement with sciences distant from our own. It endorses the view that, rather than testing of philosophical hypotheses against historical data, this is a matter of interpretation and explication. Guidelines for accessing and interpreting others’ sciences are proposed: a common ground maxim, relating to our need to find practices, questions and beliefs that we share with them; and a…
Turning to ontology in studies of distant sciences
Drawing on contributions to the conference Science in the Forest, Science in the Past, and on exemplary works of Annemarie Mol and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, this article offers reflections on the opportunities and challenges for historians of the sciences that are presented by the "ontological turn." It notes how this approach leads to recognition of plurality in the sciences, not only with regard to content but also with respect to the personae ado…
Worlds of Natural History
The pasts, presents, and futures of testimony
Observing the World through Images: Diagrams and Figures in the Early-Modern Arts and Sciences
The well-illustrated articles in Observing the World through Images offer insights into the uses of images in astronomy, mathematics, instrument-making, medicine and alchemy, highlighting shared forms as well as those peculiar to individual disciplines. Themes addressed include: the processes of image production and communication; the transformation of images through copying and adaptation for new purposes; genres and traditions of imagery in par…
Reflections on the preservation of recent scientific heritage in dispersed university collections
Recent material heritage of the sciences
Observing the World Through Images: Diagrams and Figures in the Early-Modern Arts and Sciences
The well-illustrated articles in Observing the World through Images offer insights into the uses of images in astronomy, mathematics, instrument-making, medicine and alchemy, highlighting shared forms as well as those peculiar to individual disciplines. Themes addressed include: the processes of image production and communication; the transformation of images through copying and adaptation for new purposes; genres and traditions of imagery in par…
Müller’s Lab: The Story of Jakob Henle, Theodor Schwann, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow, Robert Remak, Ernst Haeckel, and Their Brilliant, Tormented Advisor (review)
Reviewed by: Müller’s Lab: The Story of Jakob Henle, Theodor Schwann, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow, Robert Remak, Ernst Haeckel, and Their Brilliant, Tormented Advisor Nicholas Jardine Laura Otis. Müller’s Lab: The Story of Jakob Henle, Theodor Schwann, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow, Robert Remak, Ernst Haeckel, and Their Brilliant, Tormented Advisor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 20…
Prince Cesi and fungi, not to mention fungifunguli
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Dead Questions and Vicarious Understandings: Questioning Gadamer's Genealogy
Gadamer's Truth and Method emphasises the priority of engagement with questions in the process of interpretation; however, there are passages which appear dismissive of concerns with 'dead' scientific and philosophical questions. Here I argue that Gadamer's work is nevertheless an important resource for the historical study of the genesis and dissolution of questions. This type of study can overcome the divide between internal history of contents…
Models of the History of Philosophy. Volume 1: From Its Origins in the Renaissance to the "Historia Philosophica." . Francesco Bottin , Luciano Malusa , Giuseppe Micheli , Giovanni Santinello , Ilario…
A Trial of Galileos Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism . Mario Biagioli Novelties in the Heavens: Rhetoric and Science in the Copernican Controversy . Jean Dietz M…
The Fortunes of Inquiry
Until about the middle of this century philosophers and scientists commonly held that science showed an accumulation of a body of objective knowledge. This view has been very widely challenged over recent years; but in this study Dr Jardine offers a defence. The discussion involves consideration of many controversial issues concerning truth in science, interpretation of past theories, and grounds of scientific method. The author writes with a car…
Problems of knowledge and action: Epistemology of the sciences
The range of Renaissance discussions of cognitive status and means of acquiring knowledge in the various scientiae is extensive. Certain difficulties attendant on the attempt to survey this field deserve mention at the outset. To start with it should be noted that only a small part of the field has been subject to scholarly attention. Further, much of the recent literature is primarily concerned with the issue of continuity between Renaissance ep…
The Birth of History and Philosophy of Science. Kepler's `A Defence of Tycho against Ursus' with Essays on its Provenance and Significance
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Birth of History and Philosophy of Science. Kepler's A Defence of Tycho against Ursus' with Essays on its Provenance and Significance. By Nicholas Jardine. (Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 1984. Pp. ix + 301. Price £32.50) John Worrall John Worrall London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 140, July 1985, …
The forging of modern realism: Clavius and Kepler against the sceptics
The forging of modern realism: Clavius and Kepler against the sceptics
Philosophical engagements with distant sciences
This essay considers problems and advantages of philosophical involvement with sciences distant from our own. It endorses the view that, rather than testing of philosophical hypotheses against historical data, this is a matter of interpretation and explication. Guidelines for accessing and interpreting others’ sciences are proposed: a common ground maxim, relating to our need to find practices, questions and beliefs that we share with them; and a…
Turning to ontology in studies of distant sciences
Drawing on contributions to the conference Science in the Forest, Science in the Past, and on exemplary works of Annemarie Mol and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, this article offers reflections on the opportunities and challenges for historians of the sciences that are presented by the "ontological turn." It notes how this approach leads to recognition of plurality in the sciences, not only with regard to content but also with respect to the personae ado…
Reflections on the preservation of recent scientific heritage in dispersed university collections
The forging of modern realism: Clavius and Kepler against the sceptics
The Birth of History and Philosophy of Science. Kepler's `A Defence of Tycho against Ursus' with Essays on its Provenance and Significance
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Birth of History and Philosophy of Science. Kepler's A Defence of Tycho against Ursus' with Essays on its Provenance and Significance. By Nicholas Jardine. (Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 1984. Pp. ix + 301. Price £32.50) John Worrall John Worrall London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 140, July 1985, …
Problems of knowledge and action: Epistemology of the sciences
The range of Renaissance discussions of cognitive status and means of acquiring knowledge in the various scientiae is extensive. Certain difficulties attendant on the attempt to survey this field deserve mention at the outset. To start with it should be noted that only a small part of the field has been subject to scholarly attention. Further, much of the recent literature is primarily concerned with the issue of continuity between Renaissance ep…
The Fortunes of Inquiry
Until about the middle of this century philosophers and scientists commonly held that science showed an accumulation of a body of objective knowledge. This view has been very widely challenged over recent years; but in this study Dr Jardine offers a defence. The discussion involves consideration of many controversial issues concerning truth in science, interpretation of past theories, and grounds of scientific method. The author writes with a car…
A Trial of Galileos Galileo, Courtier: The Practice of Science in the Culture of Absolutism . Mario Biagioli Novelties in the Heavens: Rhetoric and Science in the Copernican Controversy . Jean Dietz M…
Models of the History of Philosophy. Volume 1: From Its Origins in the Renaissance to the "Historia Philosophica." . Francesco Bottin , Luciano Malusa , Giuseppe Micheli , Giovanni Santinello , Ilario…
Dead Questions and Vicarious Understandings: Questioning Gadamer's Genealogy
Gadamer's Truth and Method emphasises the priority of engagement with questions in the process of interpretation; however, there are passages which appear dismissive of concerns with 'dead' scientific and philosophical questions. Here I argue that Gadamer's work is nevertheless an important resource for the historical study of the genesis and dissolution of questions. This type of study can overcome the divide between internal history of contents…
Müller’s Lab: The Story of Jakob Henle, Theodor Schwann, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow, Robert Remak, Ernst Haeckel, and Their Brilliant, Tormented Advisor (review)
Reviewed by: Müller’s Lab: The Story of Jakob Henle, Theodor Schwann, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow, Robert Remak, Ernst Haeckel, and Their Brilliant, Tormented Advisor Nicholas Jardine Laura Otis. Müller’s Lab: The Story of Jakob Henle, Theodor Schwann, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow, Robert Remak, Ernst Haeckel, and Their Brilliant, Tormented Advisor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 20…
Prince Cesi and fungi, not to mention fungifunguli
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Reflections on the preservation of recent scientific heritage in dispersed university collections
Recent material heritage of the sciences
Observing the World Through Images: Diagrams and Figures in the Early-Modern Arts and Sciences
The well-illustrated articles in Observing the World through Images offer insights into the uses of images in astronomy, mathematics, instrument-making, medicine and alchemy, highlighting shared forms as well as those peculiar to individual disciplines. Themes addressed include: the processes of image production and communication; the transformation of images through copying and adaptation for new purposes; genres and traditions of imagery in par…
Observing the World through Images: Diagrams and Figures in the Early-Modern Arts and Sciences
The well-illustrated articles in Observing the World through Images offer insights into the uses of images in astronomy, mathematics, instrument-making, medicine and alchemy, highlighting shared forms as well as those peculiar to individual disciplines. Themes addressed include: the processes of image production and communication; the transformation of images through copying and adaptation for new purposes; genres and traditions of imagery in par…
The pasts, presents, and futures of testimony
Worlds of Natural History
Turning to ontology in studies of distant sciences
Drawing on contributions to the conference Science in the Forest, Science in the Past, and on exemplary works of Annemarie Mol and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, this article offers reflections on the opportunities and challenges for historians of the sciences that are presented by the "ontological turn." It notes how this approach leads to recognition of plurality in the sciences, not only with regard to content but also with respect to the personae ado…
Philosophical engagements with distant sciences
This essay considers problems and advantages of philosophical involvement with sciences distant from our own. It endorses the view that, rather than testing of philosophical hypotheses against historical data, this is a matter of interpretation and explication. Guidelines for accessing and interpreting others’ sciences are proposed: a common ground maxim, relating to our need to find practices, questions and beliefs that we share with them; and a…
Aristotelian perplexity and well-being, then and now
The term ‘ aporia’ (perplexity, impasse, obstacle, doubt, puzzle) is frequent throughout Aristotle's works. This essay summarises Aristotle's explicit accounts of aporia, then explores the various roles it plays in his inquiries into nature. There follow some suggestions about ways in which study of current establishment and pursuit of scientific agendas might profit from reflection on the diverse modes and functions of perplexity. The final sect…
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