Explaining Technical Change: A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) - Hardcover

Elster, Jon

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9780521249201: Explaining Technical Change: A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science (Studies in Rationality and Social Change)
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ISBN 10: 0521249201 ISBN 13: 9780521249201
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Technical change, defined as the manufacture and modification of tools, is generally thought to have played an important role in the evolution of intelligent life on earth, comparable to that of language. In this volume, first published in 1983, Jon Elster approaches the study of technical change from an epistemological perspective.

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Technical change, defined as the manufacture and modification of tools, is generally thought to have played an important role in the evolution of intelligent life on earth, comparable to that of language. In this volume, first published in 1983, Jon Elster approaches the study of technical change from an epistemological perspective.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1983
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521249201
ISBN 13 
9780521249201
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
266
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