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The origins of the idea of scientific progress : Bernard de Fontenelle and his contemporaries /

This volume offers a new interpretation of the genesis of the idea of scientific progress in early modern science and philosophy. The interpretation argues that the idea of scientific progress was not a historical category, but an epistemological one. The main thesis of the book posits that the idea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Špelda, Daniel, 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature, [2024].
Series:International Archives of the History of Ideas = Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; volume 250.
Subjects:
Fontenelle, > M. de > (Bernard Le Bovier), > 1657-1757.
Science > France > History > 17th century.
Science > France > History > 18th century.
Progress > History > 17th century.
Progress > History > 18th century.
Science > Europe > Philosophy > 17th century.
Science > Europe > Philosophy > 18th century.
Science and civilization.
Enlightenment > France.
Science > History.

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