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Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of science and our understanding of ourselves during a period which saw a fundamental shift in how the role of science was understood. At the core of the shift, he argues, lay the aim of understanding human behaviour and motivations in empirical rather than theological and metaphysical terms.

Science --- Philosophy and science --- Religion and science --- Science and civilization. --- History --- 1700-1799 --- 1700-talet --- 1800-talet --- Europa. --- Europe. --- Behavior. --- Comportement humain. --- Filosofi och naturvetenskap. --- Human behavior. --- Natural History --- Naturwissenschaften. --- Philosophie et sciences --- Philosophie. --- Philosophy and science. --- Religion and science. --- Religion et sciences --- Religion och vetenskap. --- Religion. --- SCIENCE --- Science. --- Sciences et civilisation. --- Sciences --- Vetenskap --- human behavior. --- History. --- Histoire --- Historia. --- 1700-1899. --- 1700-talet. --- 1800-talet.