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Introduction
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1
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Chapter One
The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, Phenomenology,and the Problem of the External World
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17
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1.
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Introduction
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17
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2.
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Scepticism and SSK
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24
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3.
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SSK and External-World Realism
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27
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4.
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Phenomenology and the ‘Natural Attitude’
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33
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5.
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The Phenomenology of Subjectivity in Heidegger’s Being and Time
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37
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6.
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Heidegger’s Response to External-World Scepticism
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43
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7.
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A Heideggerian Critique of SSK’s Response to External-World Scepticism
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47
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8.
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Conclusion
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50
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Chapter Two
A Minimal Realism for Science Studies
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53
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1.
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Introduction
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53
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2.
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Heidegger’s Existential Conception of Science
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59
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3.
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Getting at the Real
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68
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4.
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A Phenomenological Reformulation of SSK’s Residual Realism
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76
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5.
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Rouse on Heidegger and Realism
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83
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6.
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Minimal Realism and Scientific Practice
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93
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7.
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Conclusion
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101
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Appendix
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106
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Chapter Three
Finitude, Humility, and the Bloor-Latour Debate
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111
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1.
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Introduction
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111
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2.
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Kantian Humility and the Thing-in-Itself
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116
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3.
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Latour’s Attack on Social Constructivism
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120
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4.
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Bloor’s Defence of Social Constructivism
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122
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5.
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Where the Dust Settles in the Debate
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125
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6.
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Heidegger and the Thing-in-Itself
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128
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7.
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Putting the Bloor-Latour Debate to Rest
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135
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8.
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The Humility of Science Studies
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140
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9.
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Conclusion
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149
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Chapter Four
Things, Thinking, and the Social Foundations of Logic
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151
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1.
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Introduction
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151
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2.
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Heidegger on the Unity of Things and Thinking
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157
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3.
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Heidegger’s Phenomenological History of Logic: Plato
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161
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4.
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Heidegger’s Phenomenological History of Logic: Aristotle
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164
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5.
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Heidegger’s Phenomenological History of Logic: Descartes
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170
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6.
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Heidegger’s Phenomenological History of Logic: Kant
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176
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7.
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‘The Argument Lives and Feeds on Something’
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188
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8.
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Time and Tradition at the Existential Root of Logic
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194
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9.
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From the Phenomenology of Thinking to the Sociology of Knowledge
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206
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10.
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The Social Foundations of Logic
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209
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11.
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Conclusion
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222
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Chapter Five
Mathēsis and the Emergence of Early-Modern Science
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225
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1.
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Introduction
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225
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2.
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Modern Science as Mathēsis
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232
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3.
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Renaissance Regressus and the Logic of Discovery
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247
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4.
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From Renaissance Regressus to Early-Modern Mathēsis
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256
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5.
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Mathematics and Metaphysics at the Cusp of the Early-Modern Period
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261
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6.
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Nature, Art, and Final Causes in Early-Modern Natural Philosophy
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269
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7.
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Conclusion
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281
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Chapter Six
Mathematics, Experiment, and the Ends of Scientific Practice
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283
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1.
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Introduction
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283
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2.
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The Galilean First Thing and the Aims of Experiment
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289
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3.
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Releasing Experimental Things
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302
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4.
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Boyle versus Line: A Study in Experimental Fact-Making
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311
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5.
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Social Imagery and Early-Modern Science
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328
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6.
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Conclusion
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340
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Chapter Seven
Conclusion: Subjects, Systems, and Other Unfinished Business
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347
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Appendix
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381
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Acknowledgements
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385
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Bibliography
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387
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Index
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415
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