Science and Beliefs From Natural Philosophy to Natural Science 1700 1900 1st Edition by Matthew Eddy, David Knight 0754639967 9780754639961

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ISBN 10: 0754639967
ISBN 13: 9780754639961
Author: Matthew D. Eddy, David M. Knight

The years between 1700 and 1900 witnessed a fundamental transition in attitudes towards science, as earlier concepts of natural philosophy were replaced with a more modern conception of science. This process was by no means a simple progression, and the changing attitudes to science was marked by bitter arguments and fundamental differences of opinion, many of which are still not entirely resolved today. Approaching the subject from a number of cultural angles, the essays in this volume explore the fluid relationship between science and belief during this crucial period, and help to trace the development of science as an independent field of study that did not look to religion to provide answers to the workings of the universe. Taking a broadly chronological approach, each essay in this book addresses a theme that helps illuminate these concerns and highlights how beliefs – both religious and secular – have impinged and influenced the scientific world. By addressing such key issues such as the ongoing debate between Christian fundamentalists and followers of Darwin, and the rise of ‘respectable atheism’, fascinating insights are provided that help to chart the ever-shifting discourse of science and beliefs.

Science and Beliefs 1st Edition Table of contents:

1 Science and Beliefs
PART I Beliefs Within Science
2 The Metaphysics of Science in the Romantic Era
3 Rearranging Seventeenth-Century Natural History into Natural Philosophy: Eighteenth-Century Editions of Boyle’s Works
4 Boundary Work: ‘National Quarrels and Party Factions’ in Eighteenth-Century British Botany
5 Sociability, Utility and Curiosity in the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society, 1710–60
6 Set in Stone: Medicine and the Vocabulary of the Earth in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
7 Scientific Servicemen in the Royal Navy and the Professionalisation of Science, 1816–55
8 Expertise and Christianity: High Standards Versus the Free Market in Popular Publishing
PART II Beliefs Underlying Science
9 Darwinian ‘Becoming’ and Early Nineteenth-Century Historiography: The Cases of Jules Michelet and Thomas Carlyle
10 Charles Darwin: A Christian Undermining Christianity?
11 Michael Faraday Meets the ‘High-Priestess of God’s Works’ A Romance on the Theme of Science and Religion
12 An ‘Open Clash between Science and the Church’?: Wilberforce, Huxley and Hooker on Darwin at the British Association, Oxford, 1860
13 The Invention of Altruism: Auguste Comte’s Positive Polity and Respectable Unbelief in Victorian Britain
14 The Radiometer and its Lessons: William Carpenter Versus William Crookes
15 From Science to the Popularisation of Science: The Career of J. Arthur Thomson
Conclusion
16 Concluding Reflections

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