ENGLISH

Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-Modern Philosophy

By Stephen Gaukroger

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0521801540, 9780521801546
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3668896 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
262\263
Time added
2013-12-31 09:57:06

Description

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.

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