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  • Civilization and the Culture of Science

    Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1795-1935

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    Series series Science and the Shaping of Modernity
    How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture? How did cognitive values—and subsequently moral, political, and social ones—come to be modelled around scientific values? In Civilization and the Culture of Science, Stephen Gaukroger explores how these values were shaped and how they began, in turn, to shape those of society. The core nineteenth- and twentieth-century ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • The Failures of Philosophy

    A Historical Essay

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    The first book to address the historical failures of philosophy—and what we can learn from themPhilosophers are generally unaware of the failures of philosophy, recognizing only the failures of particular theories, which are then remedied with other theories. But, taking the long view, philosophy has actually collapsed several times, been abandoned, sometimes for centuries, and been replaced by ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • Objectivity

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    - Is objectivity possible? - Can there be objectivity in matters of morals, or tastes? - What would a truly objective account of the world be like? - Is everything subjective, or relative? - Are moral judgments objective or culturally relative? Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. An account is generally considered to be objective if it attempts to capture the nature ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Aftermath of Syllogism

    Aristotelian Logical Argument from Avicenna to Hegel

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition
    Syllogism is a form of logical argument allowing one to deduce a consistent conclusion based on a pair of premises having a common term. Although Aristotle was the first to conceive and develop this way of reasoning, he left open a lot of conceptual space for further modifications, improvements and systematizations with regards to his original syllogistic theory. From its creation until modern ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • The Natural and the Human

    Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1739-1841

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    Series series Science and the Shaping of Modernity
    Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of empirical science and the understanding of human behaviour from the mid-eighteenth century. Since the seventeenth century, science in the west has undergone a unique form of cumulative development in which it has been consolidated through integration into and shaping of a culture. But in the eighteenth century, science was cut ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Being Baptised

    The Handbook to Believers' Baptism

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    Revised and updated edition. This invaluable book is for anyone considering baptism, or leading preparation classes. A practical handbook giving a comprehensive, down to earth explanation of the meaning, biblical basis, and spiritual dimension of believer’s baptism in a practical, readable way. Plus a practical preparation section with helpful hints and tips to make the day go smoothly. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • It Makes Sense

    The Handbook to Believing

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    This book is a revised and updated edition for a new generation. ‘It Makes Sense,’ first published in 1996, has sold well over 100,000 copies to date. This extremely helpful book is ideal for anyone wanting to find out exactly what Christians believe and why. It addresses questions like “What about other Religions?”, “Can Science and Faith be compatible?”, “What about all the suffering in the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Charles Bonnet, Analytical Essay on the Faculties of the Soul

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    In the course of the eighteenth century, understanding human cognitive life came to be construed as something to be explored in terms of the physiology of the sensory organs, the nerves, and the brain: a form of naturalization that effectively moved cognition out of the realm of philosophy as it had traditionally been understood. Bonnet's Analytical Essay on the Faculties of the Soul was at the ... Read more

    $75.59 USD

  • Objectivity

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    - Is objectivity possible? - Can there be objectivity in matters of morals, or tastes? - What would a truly objective account of the world be like? - Is everything subjective, or relative? - Are moral judgments objective or culturally relative? Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. An account is generally considered to be objective if it attempts to capture the nature ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • First Steps

    The Handbook to Following Christ

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    A down-to-earth explanation of how to live when you make a decision to follow Christ. No heavy theology, but a practical, light approach with plenty of humour. Sound biblical teaching with street cred. Warm, positive and relevant to today’s world; an ideal book for new believers, post-Alpha and enquirers groups. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Objectivity: A Very Short Introduction

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    - Is objectivity possible?- Can there be objectivity in matters of morals, or tastes?- What would a truly objective account of the world be like?- Is everything subjective, or relative?- Are moral judgments objective or culturally relative?Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. An account is generally considered to be objective if it attempts to capture the nature of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Genealogy of Knowledge

    Analytical Essays in the History of Philosophy and Science

    by Stephen Gaukroger ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1997, this volume expands the analytical philosophical tradition in the face of parochial Anglo-American philosophical interests. The essays making up the section on ‘Antiquity’ share one concern: to show that there are largely unrecognised but radical differences between the way in which certain fundamental questions – concerning the nature of number, sense perception, and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD