The social origins of modern science
Edgar Zilsel (1891-1944) lived through the best of times and worst of times, through the renewal of scientific optimism and humane politics, and through the massive social collapse into idolatrous barbarism.
History
LIX, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
9780792364573, 9781402013591, 0792364570, 1402013590
1000524940
I: The Social Origins of Modern Science.- 1. The Social Roots of Science.- 2. The Sociological Roots of Science.- 3. The Methods of Humanism.- 4. Remarks on Zilsel’s ‘The Methods of Humanism’ Paul O. Kristeller.- 5. The Origins of William Gilbert’s Scientific Method.- 6. The Genesis of the Concept of Physical Law.- 7. Copernicus and Mechanics.- 8. The Genesis of the Concept of Scientific Progress and Cooperation.- II: Physical Law and Socio-Historical Law.- 9. Problems of Empiricism.- 10. Physics and the Problem of Historico-sociological Laws.- 11. Phenomenology and Natural Science.- 12. Concerning ‘Phenomenology and Natural Science’.- 13. History and Biological Evolution.- 14. Science and the Humanistic Studies.- Index of names.- Index of topics.
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