A culture of fact
Subtitle: England, 1550-1720
By: Barbara J. Shapiro.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders -- England -- Historiography; Physical sciences -- England -- Historiography; Law and fact -- England -- History; Knowledge, Theory of; Facts (Philosophy); England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Historiography; Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Historiography; England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century; England -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-271) and index.