Epistemologies of the Eye
Tufted Titmouse, John James Audubon, The Birds of America (1827–1838) Snowflake, Gustave Hellmann, with microphotographs by Richard Neuhauss, Schneekrystalle: Beobachtunden und Studien (1893)
Synopsis
What does it mean to say that scientific objectivity has a history? What is the importance of studying atlas images for working scientists as well as for historians and philosophers of science?
Assigned Reading
Daston and Galison, Ch. 1 (pp. 17–53) [36 pages]
By Noon on Thursday, January 28
Annotate the assigned reading on Perusall.
By the end of the week
Start the readings for the first writing workshop.