1st Edition
Homo Faber and Homo Economicus in the Scientific Revolution
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Imitation
1.1 Ancient Relations
1.2 Tekhne as Imitation of Nature
Chapter 2: The Epistemological Transformation of Secret Knowledge
2.1 Magia Naturalis
2.2 "Privileged Knowledge" as a Question of Property
Chapter 3: Quantification
3.1 New Environment, New Awareness, and Space-Time Concentration
3.2 Quantitative Quality and Anthropocentric Knowledge
3.3 Quantification and Functional Art
3.4 Epistemological Effects of the Quantification
3.5 Galileo and Re-Building of Scientific Demonstration
3.6 Scientia Experimentalis as the Origins of New-Experiment
Chapter 4: The Space of the New Knowledge
4.1 The Possibility of Storable and Publishable Knoweldge: Kunstkammer
4.2 Laboratory as Knowledge Workshop
4.3 The New Knowledge’s Artificial Nature: Mechanical Arts
Chapter 5: Mechanization
5.1 Scientific Tools as means of Applied Philosophy
5.2 Continuity and Transmission of Knowledge: Official Curriculum
Chapter 6: Transformation of Tekhne
6.1 The Solidarity between Homo economicus and Homo faber
6.2 From Tekhne to Phronetic Tekhne
Conclusion
Biography
Ahmet Selami Çalışkan holds a master’s degree in political history and international relations from Marmara University, where he also earned a PhD with his dissertation "The Paradigm and Founder Effect of Practice in Modern Science." He is the CEO of Tekhnelogos Software, an R&D center that conducts artificial intelligence-based projects. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of Istanbul Jazari Museum.
