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A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England - Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series Steven Shapin 2nd edition
A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England - Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series
Steven Shapin
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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