{"product_id":"goethes-history-of-science-paperback-9780521121262","title":"Goethe's History of Science (Paperback) 9780521121262","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGoethe's History of Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFink explores how Goethe's scientific activities contributed to the growing literature in the history and philosophy of science.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKarl J. Fink (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521121262, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 15 October 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBeing familiar with Goethe's Faust story, students of Western thought will not be surprised to learn that Goethe was also a scientist, philosopher and historian. This book is about the interdisciplinary activities of his mid-life (1790–1810) when he researched optics, colour theory and plant morphology, and at the same time contributed to the growing literature in the history and philosophy of science. In Goethe's writings, Karl J. Fink finds a scientist examining the junctures of nature, the boundary conditions where growth and change occur. These topics of transition also define his approach to the history of science, where the gaps between visible states challenge the historian to search for metaphors that bridge discontinuities. Fink concludes his study with Goethe's views on the possibility of a teleology of science, looking at those writings in which Goethe explores how the scientist of today projects and directs the science of tomorrow.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Real Joints of Nature: 1. Goethe's romantic science\u003cbr\u003e 2. Goethe's classical science\u003cbr\u003e 3. Goethe's re-presentation of nature\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Shifting Map of History: 4. Goethe's narrative strategies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Goethe's reconstruction of amorphous states\u003cbr\u003e 6. Goethe's transition from history to historiography\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Logocentrism of Scientific Movements: 7. Goethe's theory of biography\u003cbr\u003e 8. Goethe's concept of authority\u003cbr\u003e 9. Goethe's taxonomy of scientific discourse\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Rhetoric of the Guild: 10. Goethe's teleology of science\u003cbr\u003e 11. The topoi of Goethe scholarship\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Histories of science from the Goethe period\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005927379224,"sku":"9780521121262","price":27.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521121262i_f6a0d5df-ff1b-4733-af04-958f7f2060e0.jpg?v=1691371709","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/goethes-history-of-science-paperback-9780521121262","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}