The Natural and the Human
Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1739-1841
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Modern, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Stephen Gaukroger | ISBN: | 9780191074875 |
| Publisher: | OUP Oxford | Publication: | January 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | OUP Oxford | Language: | English |
| Author: | Stephen Gaukroger |
| ISBN: | 9780191074875 |
| Publisher: | OUP Oxford |
| Publication: | January 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | OUP Oxford |
| Language: | English |
Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of empirical science and the understanding of human behaviour from the mid-eighteenth century. Since the seventeenth century, science in the west has undergone a unique form of cumulative development in which it has been consolidated through integration into and shaping of a culture. But in the eighteenth century, science was cut loose from the legitimating culture in which it had had a public rationale as a fruitful
Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of empirical science and the understanding of human behaviour from the mid-eighteenth century. Since the seventeenth century, science in the west has undergone a unique form of cumulative development in which it has been consolidated through integration into and shaping of a culture. But in the eighteenth century, science was cut loose from the legitimating culture in which it had had a public rationale as a fruitful
