EMPIRICISM AND GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT by Margarita Bowen ( 9780521105590 )

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EMPIRICISM AND GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT
FROM FRANCIS BACON TO ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT

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Margarita Bowen

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0521105595

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 March, 2009

Series:

Cambridge Geographical Studies No. 15

Pages:

368

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The age of Francis Bacon marked the beginning of a long period when empirical science was seen as the key to progress in extending man's control over nature.

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The age of Francis Bacon marked the beginning of a long period when empirical science was seen as the key to progress in extending man's control over nature. Recently, however, a breakdown of confidence in the outcome of worldwide industrialism and a growing concern over threats to the earth's ecosystems have brought mounting criticism of specialized, exploitative science. Demands for conservation and social responsibility are leading to a reappraisal of the whole philosophy of science that has been dominant for three centuries, and many observers see this as a new scientific revolution, comparable in significance with that of the seventeenth century.

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