Francis Bacon And The Transformation Of Early-modern Philosophy

by Stephen Gaukroger

2021-01-01 03:06:53

This ambitious and important book provides the first truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It explores in detail how and why Bacon attempted to transform the largely esoteric discipline of natural philosophy into a public practice... Read more
This ambitious and important book provides the first truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It explores in detail how and why Bacon attempted to transform the largely esoteric discipline of natural philosophy into a public practice through a program in which practical science provided a model that inspired many from the 17th to the 20th centuries. This book will be recognized as a major contribution to Baconian scholarship of special interest to historians of early modern philosophy, science, and ideas. Less

Book Details

File size9.25 X 6.3 X 0.94 in
Print pages262
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date March 19, 2001
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521801546
Stephen Gaukroger is emeritus professor of history of philosophy and history of science at the University of Sydney. His many books include Objectivity, Civilization and the Culture of Science and Des...

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