Social History of Truth Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England

Name: Social History of Truth Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England
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ISBN: 9780226750194

ISBN-10: 0226750191

ISBN-13: 9780226750194

Edition: 1995

Authors: Steven Shapin

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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…

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List price: $44.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



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Acknowledgments


Notes on Genres, Disciplines, and Conventions The Argument Summarized



The Great Civility: Trust, Truth, and Moral Order



"Who Was Then a Gentleman?" Integrity and Gentle Identity in Early Modern England



A Social History of Truth-Telling: Knowledge, Social Practice, and the Credibility of Gentlemen



Who Was Robert Boyle? The Creation and Presentation of an Experimental Identity



Epistemological Decorum: The Practical Management of Factual Testimony 193



Knowing about People and Knowing about Things: A Moral History of Scientific Credibility



Certainty and Civility: Mathematics and Boyle's Experimental Conversation



Invisible Technicians: Masters, Servants, and the Making of Experimental Knowledge Epilogue: The Way We Live Now


Bibliography


Index