Rethinking the Scientific RevolutionMargaret J. Osler Cambridge University Press, 2000 M03 13 - 340 pages "This book challenges the traditional historiography of the Scientific Revolution, probably the single most important unifying concept in the history of science. Usually referring to the period from Copernicus to Newton (roughly 1500 to 1700), the Scientific Revolution is considered to be the central episode in the history of science, the historical moment at which that unique way of looking at the world that we call "modern science" and its attendant institutions emerged." "Reexamination of the preoccupations of early modern natural philosophers undermines many of the assumptions underlying standard accounts of the Scientific Revolution. Starting with a dialogue between Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs and Richard S. Westfall, whose understanding of the Scientific Revolution differed in important ways, the chapters in this volume reconsider canonical figures, their areas of study, and the formation of disciplinary boundaries during this seminal period of European intellectual history."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Newton as Final Cause and First Mover B J T Dobbs 25 | 25 |
The Scientific Revolution Reasserted | 41 |
Canonical Disciplines ReFormed | 59 |
Alchemy and | 89 |
Redemption Artisanship and the | 119 |
The Terriblest Eclipse That Hath Been Seen in | 137 |
Henry More and Robert Boyle | 153 |
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