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A social history of truth : civility and science in seventeenth-century England

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  • "Civility and science in seventeenth-century England"

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  • "How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another? In A Social History of Truth, a leading scholar addresses these universal questions through an elegant recreation of a crucial period in the history of early modern science: the social world of gentlemen-philosophers in seventeenth-century England. Steven Shapin paints a vivid picture of the relations between gentlemanly culture and scientific practice. He argues that problems of credibility in science were solved through the codes and conventions of genteel conduct: trust, civility, honor, and integrity. These codes formed, and arguably still form, an important basis for securing reliable knowledge about the natural world."

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  • "A Social history of truth : civility and science in seventeenth-century England"
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  • "A social history of truth : civility and science in seventeenth-century England"
  • "A social history of truth civility and science in seventeenth-century England"

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