Abstract
Scientific objects encourage us to imagine moments of discovery, collegial witnessing and citational webs. Yet, the process of creating narratives about scientific objects also enables and necessitates a certain kind of thinking: positing an origin that precludes previous instantiations (however different or varied); presuming that this origin has affects on future uses and developments of the term; ignoring the fragmentation, failures and accidents that surround and/or inform the creation of a concept; and pretending to provide an exhaustive history.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Neurology and Modernity |
Subtitle of host publication | A Cultural History of Nervous Systems, 1800-1950 |
Editors | Laura Salisbury, Andrew Shail |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 267-286 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780230278004 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780230233133, 978-1-349-31324-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2010 |
Keywords
- experimental psychology
- matter unit
- social reform
- disciplinary boundary
- mental hygiene
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Psychology
- General Medicine