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The Very Idea Of Modern Science Francis Bacon And Robert Boyle

Joseph Agassi · 2012

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This book is a study of the scientific revolution as a movement of amateur science. It describes the ideology of the amateur scientific societies as the philosophy of the Enlightenment Movement and their social structure and the way they made modern science such a magnificent institution. It also shows what was missing in the scientific organization of science and why it gave way to professional science in stages. In particular the book studies the contributions of Sir Francis Bacon and of the Hon. Robert Boyle to the rise of modern science. The philosophy of induction is notoriously problematic, yet its great asset is that it expressed the view of the Enlightenment Movement about science--Abstract--

Book details

Year
2012
Publisher
Springer
Editions
1
Pages
315
ISBN
9789400753501

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