Showing papers on "Ideal type published in 1993"

Corpulent Cattle and Milk Machines: Nature, Art and the Ideal Type

Abstract: The concept of a "breed" of domestic cattle is predominantly a social construct The late eighteenth century development of intensive selective (in)breeding of livestock produced breeds that were visually distinguishable from each other The adoption of breed standards was facilitated in part through paintings and drawings of idealized animals These "ideal types" or "standards of perfection" further served as targets for breeders who attempted to achieve the artist's conception of the perfect animal However, concepts of perfection change with fashion and thus ideal types constitute moving targets

Linnaeus, Beckmann, Marx and the foundation of technology. Between natural and social sciences: A hypothesis of an ideal type

Abstract: L'A. definit le concept de technologie selon Beckmann et analyse la definition et l'origine de ce terme d'un point de vue semantique, puis sociologique ou la technologie est liee a l'innovation et aux sciences naturelles appliquees

Linnaeus, Beckmann, Marx and the foundation of technology. Between natural and social sciences: A hypothesis of an ideal type: Second and Third parts: Beckmann, Marx, technology and classical economics

Abstract: L'A. decrit les caracteristiques de la technologie qui la distinguent des sciences sociales, puis la relation existante entre la connaissance technologique et l'innovation, ainsi que les causes determinantes de l'origine de la technologie