Collapse of mechanism and the rise of sensibility, the: science and the shaping of modernity, 1680-1760
Auteur :
Gaukroger, Stephen
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199664665
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2012
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
734 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.