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
509.409033
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
509.409033