书名: Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-Modern Philosophy
作者: Stephen Gaukroger (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 19, 2001)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521805368
ISBN-13: 978-0521805360
Book Description
This ambitious and important book provides the first truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It describes how Bacon transformed the values that had underpinned philosophical culture since antiquity by rejecting the traditional idea of a philosopher as someone engaged in contemplation of the cosmos. The book 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 seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Stephen Gaukroger shows that this reform of natural philosophy was dependent on the creation of a new philosophical persona: a natural philosopher shaped through submission to the dictates of Baconian method. This book will be recognized as a major contribution to Baconian scholarship, of special interest to historians of early-modern philosophy, science, and ideas.
Review
"...a well-rounded and fairly comprehensive overview of Bacon the philosopher, sufficiently contextualized to make it an excellent, serious introduction to his thought and work." -- The Philosophical Review
"...will certainly stimulate and enrich discussion..." -- Renaissance Quarterly
"Engaging and well-documented..." -- Canadian Journal of Political Science
"All students of Bacon's philosophy of science will want to read Gaukroger's book and will undoubtedly find much in it that is interesting and valuable." -- Isis
"This is a remarkable book...Gaukroger's book is laced with interesting observations and insights." -- American Historical Review
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作者: Stephen Gaukroger (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 19, 2001)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521805368
ISBN-13: 978-0521805360
Book Description
This ambitious and important book provides the first truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It describes how Bacon transformed the values that had underpinned philosophical culture since antiquity by rejecting the traditional idea of a philosopher as someone engaged in contemplation of the cosmos. The book 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 seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Stephen Gaukroger shows that this reform of natural philosophy was dependent on the creation of a new philosophical persona: a natural philosopher shaped through submission to the dictates of Baconian method. This book will be recognized as a major contribution to Baconian scholarship, of special interest to historians of early-modern philosophy, science, and ideas.
Review
"...a well-rounded and fairly comprehensive overview of Bacon the philosopher, sufficiently contextualized to make it an excellent, serious introduction to his thought and work." -- The Philosophical Review
"...will certainly stimulate and enrich discussion..." -- Renaissance Quarterly
"Engaging and well-documented..." -- Canadian Journal of Political Science
"All students of Bacon's philosophy of science will want to read Gaukroger's book and will undoubtedly find much in it that is interesting and valuable." -- Isis
"This is a remarkable book...Gaukroger's book is laced with interesting observations and insights." -- American Historical Review
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