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A Social History of Truth Civility & Science Seventeenth Century England Shapin
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Original Language
- English
- Personalized
- No
- Book Title
- A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Ce
- Genre
- Sociology, Science
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Book Series
- Science and It's Conceptual Foundations
- Features
- illustrated, paperback
- Inscribed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Signed
- No
- Vintage
- Yes
- Topic
- Social Studies, 17th Century England, Truth Science Knowledge
- Era
- 1600s
- Personalize
- No
- ISBN
- 9780226750194
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226750191
ISBN-13
9780226750194
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78704
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Publication Name
Social History of Truth : Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England
Language
English
Subject
General, History, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Social Science, Science
Series
Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
25 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
A
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
306.4/5/094109032
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes on Genres, Disciplines, and Conventions The Argument Summarized 1: The Great Civility: Trust, Truth, and Moral Order 2: "Who Was Then a Gentleman?" Integrity and Gentle Identity in Early Modern England 3: A Social History of Truth-Telling: Knowledge, Social Practice, and the Credibility of Gentlemen 4: Who Was Robert Boyle? The Creation and Presentation of an Experimental Identity 5: Epistemological Decorum: The Practical Management of Factual Testimony 193 6: Knowing about People and Knowing about Things: A Moral History of Scientific Credibility 7: Certainty and Civility: Mathematics and Boyle's Experimental Conversation 8: Invisible Technicians: Masters, Servants, and the Making of Experimental Knowledge Epilogue: The Way We Live Now Bibliography Index
Synopsis
How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another? In A Social History of Truth , Shapin engages these universal questions through an elegant recreation of a crucial period in the history of early modern science: the social world of gentlemen-philosophers in seventeenth-century England. Steven Shapin paints a vivid picture of the relations between gentlemanly culture and scientific practice. He argues that problems of credibility in science were practically solved through the codes and conventions of genteel conduct: trust, civility, honor, and integrity. These codes formed, and arguably still form, an important basis for securing reliable knowledge about the natural world. Shapin uses detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of the mores and manners of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate Shapin's broad claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Knowledge-making is always a collective enterprise: people have to know whom to trust in order to know something about the natural world.
LC Classification Number
Q175.52.G7S48 1995
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