The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century: Patterns of Change in Early Modern Natural Philosophy - Couverture rigide

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9781402036033: The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century: Patterns of Change in Early Modern Natural Philosophy
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ISBN 10 : 1402036035 ISBN 13 : 9781402036033
Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2005

Synopsis

One of the hallmarks of the modern world has been the stunning rise of the natural sciences. The exponential expansion of scientific knowledge and the accompanying technology that so impact on our daily lives are truly remarkable. But what is often taken for granted is the enviable epistemic-credit rating of scientific knowledge: science is authoritative, science inspires confidence, science is right. Yet it has not always been so. In the seventeenth century the situation was markedly different: competing sources of authority, shifting disciplinary boundaries, emerging modes of experimental practice and methodological reflection were some of the constituents in a quite different mélange in which knowledge of nature was by no means p- eminent. It was the desire to probe the underlying causes of the shift from the early modern 'nature-knowledge' to modern science that was one of the stimuli for the 'Origins of Modernity: Early Modern Thought 1543-1789' conference held in Sydney in July 2002. How and why did modern science emerge from its early modern roots to the dominant position which it enjoys in today's post-modern world? Under the auspices of the International Society for Intellectual History, The University of New South Wales and The University of Sydney, a group of historians and philosophers of science gathered to discuss this issue. However, it soon became clear that a prior question needed to be settled first: the question as to the precise nature of the quest for knowledge of the natural realm in the seventeenth century.

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Éditeur
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1402036035
ISBN 13 
9781402036033
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Nombre de pages
262
Éditeur
Anstey Peter R., Schuster John A.
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