Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Culture of FactCondition: NewSubtitle: England, 1550–1720Author: Barbara J. ShapiroFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0801488494EAN: 9780801488498ISBN: 9780801488498Publisher: Cornell University PressGenre: HistoryTopic: Science Nature & Math, Law & PoliticsRelease Date: 04/10/2003Description: 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. Drawing on an astonishing breadth of research, Shapiro probes the fact's changing identity from an alleged human action to a proven natural or human happening. The crucial first step in this transition occurred in the sixteenth century when English common law established a definition of fact which relied on eyewitnesses and testimony. The concept widened to cover natural as well as human events as a result of developments in news reportage and travel writing. Only then, Shapiro discovers, did scientific philosophy adopt the category "fact." With Francis Bacon advocating more stringent criteria, the witness became a vital component in scientific observation and experimentation. Shapiro also recounts how England's preoccupation with the fact influenced historiography, religion, and literature—which saw the creation of a fact-oriented fictional genre, the novel.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 17mmItem Weight: 454gRelease Year: 2003 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: A Culture of Fact
Title: A Culture of Fact
Subtitle: England, 1550–1720
ISBN-10: 0801488494
EAN: 9780801488498
ISBN: 9780801488498
Release Date: 04/10/2003
Release Year: 2003
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Culture of Fact : England, 1550-1720
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2003
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Evidence, Rhetoric, Europe / Great Britain / General, History, Curiosities & Wonders, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Genre: Literary Criticism, Law, Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Science, History
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Barbara J. Shapiro
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
