The Natural and the Human
Download or Read eBook The Natural and the Human PDF written by Stephen Gaukroger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Stephen Gaukroger |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 411 |
Release | : 2016-01-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780191074868 |
ISBN-13 | : 0191074861 |
Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Natural and the Human by : Stephen Gaukroger
Book excerpt: Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of empirical science and the understanding of human behaviour from the mid-eighteenth century. Since the seventeenth century, science in the west has undergone a unique form of cumulative development in which it has been consolidated through integration into and shaping of a culture. But in the eighteenth century, science was cut loose from the legitimating culture in which it had had a public rationale as a fruitful