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(0)Barbara J. Shapiro
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"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."--Jacket
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"By any standard, John Wilkins was one of the remarkable men of his century. He was, in turn, or in tandem, theologian, scientific experimenter, Warden of Oxford College, science-fiction writer, linguist, encyclopedist, scientific entrepreneur and administrator, bishop, politician, and preacher. Because he participated so deeply in the whole intellectual life of his time, it is fitting that this biography should examine the major currents of philosophy,...