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Author:   Jean-François Gauvin
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   12
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9789004504608

ISBN 10:   9004504605
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   26 June 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction  1 A Short Case Study: The Early Académie royale des sciences in Paris  2 Reading This Book Part 1: Organum Introduction 1 Quid organum erat? The Idea of Instrument in Early Modern Europe  1 Organum scientiae: Definitions and Examples  2 Organ-ization of Knowledge 2 Organ Making and Natural Philosophical Knowledge in Marin Mersenne’s Harmonie Universelle  1 Mersenne’s Seven Books on Instruments in the Harmonie universelle  2 The Organ and Mersenne’s Epistemology of Natural Philosophical Knowledge  3 Musical Instruments and the ‘parfait musicien’ Part 2: Habitus Introduction 3 Habitus in corpore, habitus in anima: Making and Thinking in Early Modern Europe  1 Defining habitus in Early Modern Europe  2 Habitus and Descartes’s Logic of Practice  3 Habitus and the Concept of Knowledge Production  4 Blaise Pascal, coutume, and the Arithmetical Machine 4 From idiotae to artistes: Artisans, Instruments, and the Nature of Craftsmanship in Early Modern Europe  1 Descartes, Artisans, and âmes réglées  2 Who Assists Whom: The Structural Dynamic of Artisan and Savant Interactions  3 From artiste to Toyware Manufacturing Part 3: Museum Introduction 5 Repair, Restoration, Exhibition: Instruments and the Epistemic Value of Brokenness  1 Restorer v. Conservator: How to ‘Repair’ Damaged Instruments?  2 Reconstruction and Restoration: Abbé Nollet’s Scientific Instruments  3 Identity, Integrity, Authenticity: Between the Unit of the Total and the Unit of the Whole  4 Reuse and Recycle: Exhibiting the DIY of Scientists and Craftsmen 6 Instrument Trajectories: Ways of Knowing the World  1 Collecting Instruments  2 Knowing Through Playing  3 Digitizing Collections Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Jean-François Gauvin, Ph.D. (2008) is an associate professor of history and museum studies at Université Laval in Québec city. He has published numerous articles on scientific instruments and two frequently cited edited volumes on globes and abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet.

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