John G McEvoy

The Historiography of the Chemical Revolution (eBook, ePUB)

Patterns of Interpretation in the History of Science

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This study offers a critical survey of past and present interpretations of the Chemical Revolution designed to lend clarity and direction to the current ferment of views.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317324003
• Artikelnr.: 43416939

Autorenporträt

John G. McEvoy

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Philosophical and Historiographical Terrain
Chapter 1 Positivism, Whiggism and the Chemical Revolution
Chapter 2 Postpositivism and the Historiography of Science
Chapter 3 Postposotivist Interpretations of the Chemical Revolution
Chapter 4 From Modernism to Postmodernism: Changing Philosophical Images of Science
Chapter 5 The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge and the History of Science
Chapter 6 Postmodernist and Sociological Interpretations of the Chemical Revolution
Chapter 7 The Chemical Revolution as History