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Curriculum Vitaeof Lorraine DastonCurrent PositionsDirector, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany(1995–)Visiting Professor, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago (2005–)Permanent Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2008–)Honorary Professor, Seminar für Kulturwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1997–)Research Associate, Department of History, University of Chicago (1997–)Past EmploymentProfessor, History/History of Science, University of Chicago (1992–97)Professor and Director, Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Georg-August Universität, Göttin-gen, Federal Republic of Germany (1990–1992)Associate Professor, History/History of Science, Brandeis University, Dibner Chair for the Historyof Science (1986–1990)Assistant Professor, History/History of Science, Princeton University (1983–1986)Assistant Professor, History of Science, Harvard University (1980–1983)Visiting PositionsMaître de conférences invité, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris(March, 1988)Visiting Professor, Institut für Wissenschaftstheorie und Wissenschaftsforschung, University ofVienna (Spring, 1989)Directeur d’études invité, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (April 1992,March 1997, March 2000, January 2008)Visiting Professor, Committee on Social Thought and Department of History, University ofChicago (October-December 1998, 2005–)Visiting Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University (2002–3)Distinguished Lectureships (until July, 2012)Isaiah Berlin Lecturer in the History of Ideas, Oxford University (April-May 1999)Leibniz Lectures, Universität Hannover (Summer Semester 2000)Tanner Lectures, Harvard University (November 2002)History of Science Society Distinguished Lecture (November 2002)
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Curriculum Vitaeof Lorraine DastonCurrent PositionsDirector, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany(1995–)Visiting Professor, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago (2005–)Permanent Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2008–)Honorary Professor, Seminar für Kulturwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1997–)Research Associate, Department of History, University of Chicago (1997–)Past EmploymentProfessor, History/History of Science, University of Chicago (1992–97)Professor and Director, Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Georg-August Universität, Göttin-gen, Federal Republic of Germany (1990–1992)Associate Professor, History/History of Science, Brandeis University, Dibner Chair for the Historyof Science (1986–1990)Assistant Professor, History/History of Science, Princeton University (1983–1986)Assistant Professor, History of Science, Harvard University (1980–1983)Visiting PositionsMaître de conférences invité, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris(March, 1988)Visiting Professor, Institut für Wissenschaftstheorie und Wissenschaftsforschung, University ofVienna (Spring, 1989)Directeur d’études invité, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris (April 1992,March 1997, March 2000, January 2008)Visiting Professor, Committee on Social Thought and Department of History, University ofChicago (October-December 1998, 2005–)Visiting Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University (2002–3)Distinguished Lectureships (until July, 2012)Isaiah Berlin Lecturer in the History of Ideas, Oxford University (April-May 1999)Leibniz Lectures, Universität Hannover (Summer Semester 2000)Tanner Lectures, Harvard University (November 2002)History of Science Society Distinguished Lecture (November 2002)
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents VII
  3. Processional Poem: If we could know XI
  4. Introduction XIII
  5. Reason Expanded
  6. Is Reason Defensible? 3
  7. The Natural and the Moral Order: What’s to Blame? 13
  8. Rationality for Dummies? 19
  9. Objectivity and the Theory of the Archetype 26
  10. Thus We See: Objectivity and Archaeology 38
  11. Love = 46
  12. Medieval Miracles as Evidence 55
  13. Myth, Reason, and Rationality 62
  14. Nature Enframed
  15. Dwelling Under the Sea, or the Wonder of a Glass Sponge 71
  16. Miss Fielde’s Nests 77
  17. Revisiting Mein Weltbild 88
  18. Knowledge and Rational Action: The Economization of Environment, and After 93
  19. Galilei’s Spiral Scribbles, Campanella and Fludd 100
  20. Heraclitus Fragment B123 DK 117
  21. Some Comments on Emergence 124
  22. Anthropomorphism and Science Fiction 136
  23. Empirical Observation and Embodied Nature in Sixteenth-century South India 142
  24. History Refracted
  25. Limits of Localism: The Scale of Sight 155
  26. Discipline(s) 171
  27. Good Company: Spinoza the Traditionalist and Some Unexpected Friends 178
  28. Historicizing Novelty 186
  29. Literary Knowledge between Translation and Migration: The Case of Dostoevsky in Israel 195
  30. Crab Nebulous 206
  31. Reason, Nature, Metaphor 215
  32. A Page at the Orchestra 221
  33. Athanasius Kircher on the Beauty of Knowing Everything 228
  34. The Note 234
  35. Epilogue: “Man, That Woman Can Talk!” 247
  36. Recessional Poem: “Josefa de Ayala/Josepha von Óbidos (1630–1684): Stilleben, ca. 1660–1670” 253
  37. Contributors 254
  38. Curriculum Vitae of Lorraine Daston 261
  39. Index of Authors and Subjects 278
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents VII
  3. Processional Poem: If we could know XI
  4. Introduction XIII
  5. Reason Expanded
  6. Is Reason Defensible? 3
  7. The Natural and the Moral Order: What’s to Blame? 13
  8. Rationality for Dummies? 19
  9. Objectivity and the Theory of the Archetype 26
  10. Thus We See: Objectivity and Archaeology 38
  11. Love = 46
  12. Medieval Miracles as Evidence 55
  13. Myth, Reason, and Rationality 62
  14. Nature Enframed
  15. Dwelling Under the Sea, or the Wonder of a Glass Sponge 71
  16. Miss Fielde’s Nests 77
  17. Revisiting Mein Weltbild 88
  18. Knowledge and Rational Action: The Economization of Environment, and After 93
  19. Galilei’s Spiral Scribbles, Campanella and Fludd 100
  20. Heraclitus Fragment B123 DK 117
  21. Some Comments on Emergence 124
  22. Anthropomorphism and Science Fiction 136
  23. Empirical Observation and Embodied Nature in Sixteenth-century South India 142
  24. History Refracted
  25. Limits of Localism: The Scale of Sight 155
  26. Discipline(s) 171
  27. Good Company: Spinoza the Traditionalist and Some Unexpected Friends 178
  28. Historicizing Novelty 186
  29. Literary Knowledge between Translation and Migration: The Case of Dostoevsky in Israel 195
  30. Crab Nebulous 206
  31. Reason, Nature, Metaphor 215
  32. A Page at the Orchestra 221
  33. Athanasius Kircher on the Beauty of Knowing Everything 228
  34. The Note 234
  35. Epilogue: “Man, That Woman Can Talk!” 247
  36. Recessional Poem: “Josefa de Ayala/Josepha von Óbidos (1630–1684): Stilleben, ca. 1660–1670” 253
  37. Contributors 254
  38. Curriculum Vitae of Lorraine Daston 261
  39. Index of Authors and Subjects 278
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