Western Europeans were among the first, if not the first, to invent mechanical clocks, geometrically precise maps, double-entry bookkeeping, precise algebraic and musical notations, and perspective painting. More people in Western Europe thought quantitatively in the sixteenth century than in any other part of the world, enabling them to become the world's leaders. With amusi...
Western Europeans were among the first, if not the first, to invent mechanical clocks, geometrically precise maps, double-entry bookkeeping, precise algebraic and musical notations, and perspective painting. More people in Western Europe thought quantitatively in the sixteenth century than in any other part of the world, enabling them to become the world's leaders. With amusing detail and historical anecdote, Alfred Crosby discusses the shift from qualitative to quantitative perception that occurred during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Alfred W. Crosby is the author of five books, including the award-winning Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Cambridge, 1986)
本书译自 Alfred W. Crosby, The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 主要讨论“中世纪晚期和文艺复兴时期，在西欧发生的从定性认知到定量认知的划时代转变。” 定量思维是科学得以诞生与西欧人...
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把西欧在近现代的成功归结为量化思维的产生，是抽象数学和物质测量的结合，从而让“现实”可以被分割成uniform parts进而被测量。虽然当下很少再读到出发点如此宏大的论述，但有一点很有趣：这个变化甚至不是飘渺如思想或世界观层面上的，而是在实践层面上的，是有限的、可触碰的“现实”变得可以测量。这就引向作者的另一个（和mcluhan越发相似的）论点：测量/量化和可视化密不可分，也依赖于新的视觉媒介：... 把西欧在近现代的成功归结为量化思维的产生，是抽象数学和物质测量的结合，从而让“现实”可以被分割成uniform parts进而被测量。虽然当下很少再读到出发点如此宏大的论述，但有一点很有趣：这个变化甚至不是飘渺如思想或世界观层面上的，而是在实践层面上的，是有限的、可触碰的“现实”变得可以测量。这就引向作者的另一个（和mcluhan越发相似的）论点：测量/量化和可视化密不可分，也依赖于新的视觉媒介：印刷的出现；而世界被可视化以后也随之变得可以被grasp、被摆布。 (展开)