The natural and the human : science and the shaping of modernity, 1739-1841 /
Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of science and our understanding of ourselves during a period which saw a fundamental shift in how the role of science was understood. At the core of the shift, he argues, lay the aim of understanding human behaviour and motivations i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of science and our understanding of ourselves during a period which saw a fundamental shift in how the role of science was understood. At the core of the shift, he argues, lay the aim of understanding human behaviour and motivations in empirical rather than theological and metaphysical terms. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191074868 0191074861 9780191817366 0191817368 0198757638 9780198757634 |