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The emergence of a scientific culture [electronic resource] : science and the shaping of modernity, 1210-1685
Gaukroger, StephenOxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Online Ebook Central
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Descartes
Gaukroger, StephenOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1995.René Descartes (1596-1650) is the father of modern philosophy, and one of the greatest thinkers of all time. His unique contribution to Western thought covers not only philosophy but also science and mathematics, though his most famous project was the exploration of the foundations of human knowledge, starting from the formula Cogito ergo sum, `I am thinking therefore I exist'. This is the first intellectual biography of Descartes in English. Stephen Gaukroger provides a rich and authoritative account of Descartes' intellectual and personal development, understood in its historical context, and offers a reassessment of all aspects of his life and work.
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Objectivity [electronic resource] : a very short introduction
Gaukroger, StephenNew York : Oxford University Press, 2012This title explores the theoretical and practical problems of objectivity by assessing the basic questions raised by it. Is objectivity possible? Can there be objectivity in matters of morals, or tastes? Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. An account is considered to be objective if it attempts to capture the nature of the object studied without judgement of a conscious entity or subject
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