Sketching Together the Modern Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine

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ID3329485
AutoresJohn V Pickstone (University of Manchester, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume102
Fascículo1
Páginas123-133
Data de publicação2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIsis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994
EditoraUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/657506
PMID21667781
OpenAlexW2030207597
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas18

This essay explores ways to "write together" the awkwardly jointed histories of "science" and "me dicine"--but it also includes other "arts" (in the old sense) and technologies. It draws especially on the historiography of medicine, but I try to use terms that are applicable across all of science, technology, and medicine (STM). I stress the variety of knowledges and practices in play at any time and the ways in which the ensembles change. I focus on the various relations of "science" and "medicine," as they were understood for a succession of periods--from mainly agricultural societies, through industrial societies, to our biomedical present--trying to sketch a history that encompasses daily practices and understandings as well as major conceptual and technical innovations. The model is meant to facilitate inquiry across topics and across times, including those to come

Engineering ethics · Epistemology · History of science · Engineering · History of Science and Medicine · History of Science and Natural History · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science