A Culture of Fact
England, 1550-1720
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Word Count
74,000 words, Guess
Page Count
296 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100801488494
- ISBN-139780801488498
- LibraryThing335121
- Goodreads1714913
- Better World Books9780801488498
and 2 more
- Better World BooksP8-CIG-545
- Open LibraryOL7849281M
Classifications
- LCCBD311
- DDC942.05
- LCCDA380 .S52 2000
Description
"Barbara J. Shapiro traces the surprising genesis of the "fact," a modern concept that, she convincingly demonstrates, originated not in natural science but in legal discourse. She follows the concept's evolution and diffusion across a variety of disciplines in early modern England, examining how the emerging "culture of fact" shaped the epistemological assumptions of each intellectual enterprise."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
The concept of "fact" took shape, I have suggested, in the legal arena and was then carried into other intellectual endeavors until it became part and parcel of the generally held habits of thought of late-seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century English culture.
Excerpt
The concept of "fact" took shape, I have suggested, in the legal arena and was then carried into other intellectual endeavors until it became part and parcel of the generally held habits of thought of late-seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century English culture.
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