The collapse of mechanism and the rise of sensibility

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.

Year

2010

Language

English

Publisher

Clarendon Press

Editions

2

Pages

505

ISBN

9780199594931

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