Defining Science - William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain

An assessment of the role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Science and the public sphere; 3. Metascience as a vocation; 4. Reviewing science; 5. Moral scientists; 6. Using history; 7. Moral science; 8. Science, education and society; 9. The unity of science.

Summary

Defining Science, first published in 1993, deals with the major role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science and its moral and cultural value.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Yeo, Richard R. Yeo
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.01.2012
• EAN: 9780521431828
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43182-8
• No. of pages: 298
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 637 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education