The Invention of Discovery, 1500–1700

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
Cover of the book The Invention of Discovery, 1500–1700 by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781317027065
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: March 3, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781317027065
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: March 3, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

The early modern period used to be known as the Age of Discovery. More recently, it has been troped as an age of invention. But was the invention/discovery binary itself invented, or discovered? This volume investigates the possibility that it was invented, through a range of early modern knowledge practices, centered on the emergence of modern natural science. From Bacon to Galileo, from stagecraft to math, from martyrology to romance, contributors to this interdisciplinary collection examine the period's generation of discovery as an absolute and ostensibly neutral standard of knowledge-production. They further investigate the hermeneutic implications for the epistemological authority that tends, in modernity, still to be based on that standard. The Invention of Discovery, 1500-1700 is a set of attempts to think back behind discovery, considered as a decisive trope for modern knowledge.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The early modern period used to be known as the Age of Discovery. More recently, it has been troped as an age of invention. But was the invention/discovery binary itself invented, or discovered? This volume investigates the possibility that it was invented, through a range of early modern knowledge practices, centered on the emergence of modern natural science. From Bacon to Galileo, from stagecraft to math, from martyrology to romance, contributors to this interdisciplinary collection examine the period's generation of discovery as an absolute and ostensibly neutral standard of knowledge-production. They further investigate the hermeneutic implications for the epistemological authority that tends, in modernity, still to be based on that standard. The Invention of Discovery, 1500-1700 is a set of attempts to think back behind discovery, considered as a decisive trope for modern knowledge.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Globalization, Governmentality and Global Politics by
Cover of the book Aftermath of the Ukrainian Crisis by
Cover of the book Law and Policy of Substantial Ownership and Effective Control of Airlines by
Cover of the book Jane Austen’s Geographies by
Cover of the book We Are Not Alone by
Cover of the book Financial Markets and the Banking Sector by
Cover of the book Social Psychology by
Cover of the book Introductory Econometrics by
Cover of the book Children and International Human Rights Law by
Cover of the book Space, Place and Gendered Identities by
Cover of the book Jacques Derrida by
Cover of the book Mathematical Elegance by
Cover of the book Politics and Governance in Bangladesh by
Cover of the book China's Influence on Non-Trade Concerns in International Economic Law by
Cover of the book The Birth Of The Family by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy