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Why did science emerge in the West and how did scientific values come to be regarded as the yardstick for all other forms of knowledge? Stephen Gaukroger shows just how bitterly the cognitive and cultural standing of science was contested in its early development. Rejecting the traditional picture of secularization, he argues that science in the seventeenth century emerged not in opposition to religion but rather was in many respects driven by it...
By Stephen Gaukroger
Hardcover: 572 pages
Publisher: Clarendon Press; 1 edition (February 8, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780199296446
ISBN-13: 978-0199296446
ASIN: 0199296448
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 1.8 x 6.3 inches
Amazon Rank: 3351891
Format: PDF ePub djvu ebook
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