Francis Bacon And The Transformation Of Early-modern Philosophy
by Stephen Gaukroger /
2001 / English / PDF
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This 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.
This 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.
