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The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility
Language: en
Pages: 516
Authors: Stephen Gaukroger
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-25 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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How did we come to have a scientific culture -- one in which cognitive values are shaped around scientific ones? Stephen Gaukroger presents a rich and fascinati
The Natural and the Human
Language: en
Pages: 411
Authors: Stephen Gaukroger
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-21 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of empirical science and the understanding of human behaviour from the mid-eighteenth century.
Civilization and the Culture of Science
Language: en
Pages: 534
Authors: Stephen Gaukroger
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Science and the Shaping of Mod

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How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture? How did our ways of thinking, and our moral, political, and social values, come to be mode
The Emergence of a Scientific Culture
Language: en
Pages: 576
Authors: Stephen Gaukroger
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-23 - Publisher: Clarendon Press

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Why did science emerge in the West and how did scientific values come to be regarded as the yardstick for all other forms of knowledge? Stephen Gaukroger shows
Objectivity: A Very Short Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 129
Authors: Stephen Gaukroger
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-24 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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- Is objectivity possible? - Can there be objectivity in matters of morals, or tastes? - What would a truly objective account of the world be like? - Is everyth