John G McEvoy

The Historiography of the Chemical Revolution

Patterns of Interpretation in the History of Science

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Produktbeschreibung

This study offers a critical survey of past and present interpretations of the Chemical Revolution designed to lend clarity and direction to the current ferment of views.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781138661264
• ISBN-10: 1138661260
• Artikelnr.: 45332923

Autorenporträt

John G. McEvoy

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Philosophical and Historiographical Terrain; Chapter 1 Positivism, Whiggism and the Chemical Revolution; Chapter 2 Postpositivism and the Historiography of Science; Chapter 3 Postposotivist Interpretations of the Chemical Revolution; Chapter 4 From Modernism to Postmodernism: Changing Philosophical Images of Science; Chapter 5 The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge and the History of Science; Chapter 6 Postmodernist and Sociological Interpretations of the Chemical Revolution; Chapter 7 The Chemical Revolution as History;

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Introduction: The Philosophical and Historiographical Terrain
Chapter 1 Positivism, Whiggism and the Chemical Revolution
Chapter 2 Postpositivism and the Historiography of Science
Chapter 3 Postposotivist Interpretations of the Chemical Revolution
Chapter 4 From Modernism to Postmodernism: Changing Philosophical Images of Science
Chapter 5 The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge and the History of Science
Chapter 6 Postmodernist and Sociological Interpretations of the Chemical Revolution
Chapter 7 The Chemical Revolution as History