Shapin, Steven
Leviathan and the Air-Pump
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691178165
- author:
- Shapin, Steven
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 448
- Dimensions:
- 21.08 x 13.97 x 3.3 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Epistemology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Leviathan and the Air-Pump Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life by Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer is a study of two major seventeenth-century thinkers who clashed over the value of experimental methods in natural philosophy. Thomas Hobbes, author of Leviathan, was critical of systematic experimentation, while Robert Boyle, owner of the air-pump, proposed experiments as a way to establish knowledge. The authors explore how these conflicts reflect deeper issues about the nature of knowledge and its relationship to politics. They examine the work habits, rituals, and social structures of scientists during this period, arguing that politics were closely tied to scientific practice. This book has been influential in historical studies of science, offering new insights into the early history of experimentation. By examining the confrontation between Hobbes and Boyle, Shapin and Schaffer shed light on the key issues at stake in the development of modern scientific thought.
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