A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England - Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series - Steven Shapin - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226750194 - November 15, 1995
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A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England - Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series 2nd edition

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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.


516 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 15, 1995
ISBN13 9780226750194
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 512
Dimensions 153 × 230 × 27 mm   ·   724 g
Language English  

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