The natural and the human : science and the shaping of modernity, 1739-1841 /

Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of science and our understanding of ourselves during a period which saw a fundamental shift in how the role of science was understood. At the core of the shift, he argues, lay the aim of understanding human behaviour and motivations i...

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Science and the shaping of modernity, 1739-1841
1. Verfasser:
Gaukroger, Stephen
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of science and our understanding of ourselves during a period which saw a fundamental shift in how the role of science was understood. At the core of the shift, he argues, lay the aim of understanding human behaviour and motivations in empirical rather than theological and metaphysical terms.
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 402 pages) : illustrations.
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-107487-X
0-19-181736-8
0-19-107486-1
Schlagworte:
Science > Europe > History > 18th century.
Science > Europe > History > 19th century.
Philosophy and science > Europe > History > 18th century.
Philosophy and science > Europe > History > 19th century.
Religion and science > Europe > History > 18th century.
Religion and science > Europe > History > 19th century.
Science and civilization.
Human behavior.
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