Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-Modern Philosophy

by Stephen Gaukroger

Book Overview

This ambitious and important book, first published in 2001, provides a truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It describes how Bacon transformed the values that had underpinned philosophical culture since antiquity by rejecting the traditional idea of a philosopher as someone engaged in contemplation of the cosmos. The book explores in detail how and why Bacon attempted to transform the largely esoteric discipline of natural philosophy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521805368
• ISBN13: 9780521805360
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"