The Natural and the Human
Author | : Stephen Gaukroger |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 411 |
Release | : 2016-01-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780191074868 |
ISBN-13 | : 0191074861 |
Rating | : 4/5 (861 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Natural and the Human by : Stephen Gaukroger
Download or read book The Natural and the Human 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. 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