The collapse of mechanism and the rise of sensibility : science and the shaping of modernity, 1680-1760 /

How did we come to have a scientific culture - one in which cognitive values are shaped around scientific ones? Stephen Gaukroger presents a rich and fascinating investigation of the development of intellectual culture in early modern Europe, a period in which understandings of the natural realm beg...

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Science and the shaping of modernity, 1680-1760
1. Verfasser:
Gaukroger, Stephen
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2010.
Zusammenfassung:
How did we come to have a scientific culture - one in which cognitive values are shaped around scientific ones? Stephen Gaukroger presents a rich and fascinating investigation of the development of intellectual culture in early modern Europe, a period in which understandings of the natural realm began to fragment.
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1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Science and the shaping of modernity
ISBN:
0-19-966466-8
1-283-21561-6
9786613215611
0-19-161646-X
Schlagworte:
Science > Europe > History > 17th century.
Science > Europe > History > 18th century.
Philosophy and science > Europe > History > 17th century.
Philosophy and science > Europe > History > 18th century.
Religion and science > Europe > History > 17th century.
Religion and science > Europe > History > 18th century.
Science and civilization.
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