Experimental Inquiries

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Natural Philosophy, Experiment and Discourse: Beyond the Kuhn/Bachelard Problematic

   • John A. Schuster, Graeme Watchirs

   Pages 1-47

3. The Force and the Reason of Experiment

   • Bruno Latour

   Pages 49-80

4. The Dynamometer and the Diemenese

   • Miranda Hughes

   Pages 81-98

5. Humphry Davy and ‘The Lever of Experiment’

   • Jan Golinski

   Pages 99-136

6. The Nine Lives of Gregor Mendel

   • Jan Sapp

   Pages 137-166

7. Manipulable Systems and Laboratory Strategies in a Biomedical Institute

   • David Turnbull, Terry Stokes

   Pages 167-192

8. Experiment and the Molecularity of Meaning

   • Stephem Gaukroger

   Pages 193-213

9. Openness and Closure: On the Goals of Scientific Practice

   • Andy Pickering

   Pages 215-239

10. Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Experiments?

    • H. E. Le Grand

    Pages 241-270

11. Back Matter

    Pages 271-277

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The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively early -- though not always under that name -- in the Australasian region. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of Melbourne imme­ diately after the Second World War, in 1946, and other appointments followed as the subject underwent an expansion during the 1950s and 1960s similar to that which took place in other parts of the world. Today there are major Departments at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong, and smaller groups active in many other parts of Australia and in New Zealand. 'Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science' aims to provide a distinctive publication outlet for Australian and New Zealand scholars working in the general area of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Each volume comprises a group of essays on a connected theme, edited by an Australian or a New Zealander with special expertise in that particular area. Papers address general issues, however, rather than local ones; parochial topics are avoided. Further­ more, though in each volume a majority of the contributors is from Australia or New Zealand, contributions from elsewhere are by no means ruled out. Quite the reverse, in fact -- they are actively encour­ aged wherever appropriate to the balance of the volume in question.

• Gregor Johann Mendel
• Humphry Davy
• dynamometer
• experimentation
• natural philosophy
• scientific practice

• Department of History and Philosopy of Science, University of Melbourne, Australia

  H. E. Grand

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