The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility
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| Author | : Stephen Gaukroger |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 516 |
| Release | : 2010-11-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199594931 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199594937 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility by : Stephen Gaukroger
Book excerpt: 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.
