Francis Bacon and the limits of scientific knowledge. (©2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dennis Desroches.
• Other Names: Desroches, Dennis, 1969-
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction: History, Limit, Theory; 1 Renovating Baconianism; Part I; Contexts; Of Reading and Interpretation; Step One; Step Two; The (Im)possible Third Step; Landing Place: From Misreading to Missed Readings; Bacon Reading Whitehead and Popper; Whitehead; Popper; Landing Place: Towards Reading; Part II; Tactics: Fish Reading Bacon, Bacon Reading Fish; Exemplary Reading: Nature and Religion; Nature; Religion; Transition; 2 The Great Instauration Revisited; Part I; Preface; The Epistemological Exaggeration; The Pillars of Fate; Facts on Trial; Working the Oracle. Theorizing UsePart II; The Plan; The New Organon; Ends; Demonstration; Induction as Demonstration; Starting Point; The Senses; In What Sense, Experiment?; Natural History; The Material of Knowledge; The New Principle; Transition; 3 Bacon, Kuhn and the ''Paradigm'' Paradigm; Preface; Bacon meets Kuhn; The Meanings of Paradigm and the Rejection of Bacon; Normal and Revolutionary Science; Rules and Authority; Theory Choice and Paradigm Change; The Double Labour: Naming the New with the Old; The Question of the Question; Articulating the Paradigm Paradigm. Oracular Conclusion: A Second Glance at Bacon''s TextNotes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2006
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 225 pages)
• Subjects: 192; Science -- Methodology -- Early works to 1800; PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Science -- Methodology; Kennis; Wetenschap; Electronic books; Early works; Electronic books; Knowledge and learning -- Science; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1847143725; 9781847143723; 0826486819; 9780826486813
• Related ISBNs: 9780826486813; 9781847143723
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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