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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gaukroger, Stephen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191074868
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