The historiography of the chemical revolution : patterns of interpretation in the history of science / by John G. McEvoy.
Pubblicazione:
London : Pickering & Chatto, 2010.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 328 p. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction: The philosophical and historiographical terrain. 1. Positivism, Whiggins and the chemical revolution 2. Postposistivism and history of science 3. Postpositivism interpretations of the chemical revolution 4. From modernism to postmodernism: ghanging philosophical images of science 5. The sociology of scientific knowledge and the history of science 6. Postmodernist and sociological interpretations of the chemical revolution 7. The chemical revolution as history. Notes. Works cited. Index
