A Social History Of Truth: Civility And Science In Seventeenth-Century England

This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge.

• | By (Author): Steven Shapin
• | Series: Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF
• | Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 15, 1995
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 512 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780226750194