A social history of truth : civility and science in seventeenth-century England /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shapin, Steven
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1994.
Series:	Science and its conceptual foundations.
Subjects:	Science > Social aspects > England > History > 17th century. Science > Moral and ethical aspects > England > History > 17th century. Sciences > Aspect social > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle. Sciences > Aspect moral > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle. Science > Moral and ethical aspects. Science > Social aspects. England. Natuurwetenschappen. Waarheid. Sociale aspecten. Ethik Naturwissenschaften Soziale Frage Verhaltensregel England Vérité > 17e siècle. Sciences > Aspect social > Angleterre (GB) > 17e siècle. Sciences > Aspect moral > Angleterre (GB) > 17e siècle. Sanning > sociala frågor > etik > moral > Storbritannien > England > 1600-talet. Ciencia > Aspectos morales y éticos > Inglaterra > Historia > Siglo XVII. Science, General. Science > sociology. Ethics > history. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Notes on Genres, Disciplines, and Conventions
The Argument Summarized
1. The Great Civility: Trust, Truth, and Moral Order
2. "Who Was Then a Gentleman?" Integrity and Gentle Identity in Early Modern England
3. A Social History of Truth-Telling: Knowledge, Social Practice, and the Credibility of Gentlemen
4. Who Was Robert Boyle? The Creation and Presentation of an Experimental Identity
5. Epistemological Decorum: The Practical Management of Factual Testimony
6. Knowing about People and Knowing about Things: A Moral History of Scientific Credibility
7. Certainty and Civility: Mathematics and Boyle's Experimental Conversation
8. Invisible Technicians: Masters, Servants, and the Making of Experimental Knowledge
Epilogue: The Way We Live Now.