Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-Modern PhilosophyThis ambitious and important book provides the first truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It 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 17th to the 20th centuries. This book will be recognized as a major contribution to Baconian scholarship of special interest to historians of early modern philosophy, science, and ideas. |
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| Title | Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-Modern Philosophy Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-modern Philosophy, Stephen Gaukroger |
| Author | Stephen Gaukroger |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0521805368, 9780521805360 |
| Length | 249 pages |
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