The Lever as Instrument of Reason

Name: The Lever as Instrument of Reason
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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The lever appears to be a very simple object, a tool used since ancient times for the most primitive of tasks: to lift and to balance. Why, then, were prominent intellectuals active around 1800 in areas as diverse as science, philosophy, and literature inspired to think and write about levers?
In The Lever as Instrument of Reason, readers will discover the remarkable ways in which the lever is used to model the construction of knowledge and to mobilize new ideas among diverse disciplines. These acts of construction are shown to model key aspects of the human, from the more abstract processes of moral decision-making to a quite literal equation of the powerful human ego with the supposed stability and power of the fulcrum point.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

220

Release Date:

2020-11-26

Publication Date:

2020-11-26

Publisher:

Bloomsbury 3PL

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

1501371142

ISBN13:

9781501371141

Weight:

283 g

Height:

140 cm

Width:

216 cm

Thickness:

12 cm

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