Stephen Gaukroger

Gebundenes Buch

The Emergence of a Scientific Culture

Science and the Shaping of Modernity 1210-1685

Beschreibung

Why did science emerge in the West and how did scientific values come to be regarded as the yardstick for all other forms of knowledge? Stephen Gaukroger shows that science was bitterly contested during the early modern period. It did not distance itself from religion but rather entered into an alliance with it to provide a comprehensive picture of the world--transforming not just science but also religion.

Autor

Stephen Gaukroger has a BA (Philosophy) from the University of London and a Ph.D (History and Philosophy of Science) from the University of Cambridge. He was Research Fellow in the Philosophy of Science, Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1977-1978; Research Fellow, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, 1978-1980. Since 1981 he has been in the Philosophy Department at the University of Sydney where he is currently Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 166mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1021g
• ISBN-13: 9780199296446
• ISBN-10: 0199296448
• Artikelnr.: 22715947