The very idea of modern science : Francis Bacon and Robert Boyle / Joseph Agassi.

The very idea of modern science : Francis Bacon and Robert Boyle / Joseph Agassi.

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013.

xvii, 315 p. ; 24 cm

Boston studies in the philosophy and history of science, 0068-0346 ; v. 298

This book is a study of the scientific revolution as a movement of amateur science. It describes the ideology of the amateur scientific societies as the philosophy of the Enlightenment Movement and their social structure and the way they made modern science such a magnificent institution. It also shows what was missing in the scientific organization of science and why it gave way to professional science in stages. In particular the book studies the contributions of Sir Francis Bacon and of the Hon. Robert Boyle to the rise of modern science. The philosophy of induction is notoriously problematic, yet its great asset is that it expressed the view of the Enlightenment Movement about science--Abstract-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-307) and name index.

The riddle of Bacon
Bacon's philosophy of discovery
Ellis' major difficulty
The function of the doctrine of prejudice
Bacon on the origin of error and prejudice
Prejudices of the senses
Prejudices of opinions
Bacon's influence
Conclusion: the rise of the riddle of Bacon
Philosophical background
The social background of classical science
The missing link between Bacon and the Royal Society
Boyle in the eyes of posterity
The inductive style
Mechanism
The new doctrine of prejudice.

Boston studies in the philosophy and history of science ; v. 298.

Netherlands.

Q175 .A318 2013