Francis Bacon and the transformation of early-modern philosophy / Stephen Gaukroger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaukroger, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626--Philosophy.

Bacon, Francis.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Francis Bacon & the Transformation of Early-Modern Philosophy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ambitious and important book, first published in 2001, provides a truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It describes how Bacon transformed the values that had underpinned philosophical culture since antiquity by rejecting the traditional idea of a philosopher as someone engaged in contemplation of the cosmos. The book explores in detail how and why Bacon attempted to transform the largely esoteric discipline of natural philosophy into a public practice through a program in which practical science provided a model that inspired many from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Stephen Gaukroger shows that this reform of natural philosophy was dependent on the creation of a new philosophical persona: a natural philosopher shaped through submission to the dictates of Baconian method. This book will be recognized as a major contribution to Baconian scholarship, of special interest to historians of early-modern philosophy, science, and ideas.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; References to Bacon s works; Prologue; 1 The nature of Bacon s project; 2 Humanist models for scientia; 3 The legitimation of natural philosophy; 4 The shaping of the natural philosopher; 5 Method as a way of pursuing natural philosophy; 6 Dominion over nature; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-241) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12274-0

1-280-43040-0

0-511-04761-4

0-511-17381-4

0-511-61268-0

0-511-30221-5

0-521-80154-0

0-511-15304-X

OCLC:

171122620