1. Introduction : the historical sociology of scientific explanations -- 2. The break with the philosophical discourse on nature : the discovery of electrical conductivity -- 3. Explanation and experimentation transformed : Newton's studies of spectral colors -- 4. The public transaction of Newton's optical research -- 5. Remodeling human understanding : Locke's laboratory of the mind -- 6. Locke's doctrine of the faithful mind -- 7. Experimental philosophy : the gospel according to Boyle -- 8. Science as an institution of human understanding : conclusions.
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