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1 online resource (x, 225 pages). |
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Science language |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Continuum studies in British philosophy
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Continuum studies in British philosophy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Div & While Francis Bacon continues to be considered the 'father' of modern experimental science, his writings are no longer given close attention by most historians and philosophers of science, let alone by scientists themselves. In this new book Dennis Desroches speaks up loudly for Bacon, showing how we have yet to surpass the fundamental theoretical insights that he offered towards producing scientific knowledge. & br & & br & The book first examines the critics who have led many generations of scholars - in fields as diverse as literary criticism, science studies, feminism, philosophy and history. |
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Acknowledgements; Introduction: History, Limit, Theory; 1 Renovating Baconianism; Part I; Contexts; Of Reading and Interpretation; Step One; Step Two; The (Im)possible Third Step; Landing Place: From Misreading to Missed Readings; Bacon Reading Whitehead and Popper; Whitehead; Popper; Landing Place: Towards Reading; Part II; Tactics: Fish Reading Bacon, Bacon Reading Fish; Exemplary Reading: Nature and Religion; Nature; Religion; Transition; 2 The Great Instauration Revisited; Part I; Preface; The Epistemological Exaggeration; The Pillars of Fate; Facts on Trial; Working the Oracle. |
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Theorizing UsePart II; The Plan; The New Organon; Ends; Demonstration; Induction as Demonstration; Starting Point; The Senses; In What Sense, Experiment?; Natural History; The Material of Knowledge; The New Principle; Transition; 3 Bacon, Kuhn and the ''Paradigm'' Paradigm; Preface; Bacon meets Kuhn; The Meanings of Paradigm and the Rejection of Bacon; Normal and Revolutionary Science; Rules and Authority; Theory Choice and Paradigm Change; The Double Labour: Naming the New with the Old; The Question of the Question; Articulating the Paradigm Paradigm. |
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Oracular Conclusion: A Second Glance at Bacon''s TextNotes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Knowledge and learning -- Science.
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. |
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Influence.
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Science -- Methodology -- Early works to 1800.
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Science -- Methodology. |
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Early works to 1800 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Desroches, Dennis, 1969- Francis Bacon and the limits of scientific knowledge. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2006 (DLC) 2007270805 |
| ISBN |
1847143725 (electronic book) |
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9781847143723 (electronic book) |
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0826486819 (hardback) |
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9780826486813 (hardback) |
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9780826486813 (hardback) |
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9781847143723 |
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