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The collapse of mechanism and the rise of sensibility

Gaukroger, Stephen.

The collapse of mechanism and the rise of sensibility science and the shaping of modernity, 1680-1760 / [electronic resource] : Stephen Gaukroger. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (ix, 505 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780191595745 (ebook) : No price


Science--History--Europe--17th century.
Science--History--Europe--18th century.
Philosophy and science--History--Europe--17th century.
Philosophy and science--History--Europe--18th century.
Religion and science--History--Europe--17th century.
Religion and science--History--Europe--18th century.
Science and civilization.

Q127.E8

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