Essay review: Why we fight about science.

IF 0.7 1区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

British Journal for the History of Science Pub Date : 2024-12-16 DOI:10.1017/S0007087424001237

William Thomas

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Abstract

The concept of 'science' occupies a distinctive place within our rhetorical inheritance. Tangential to science's actual practices and institutions, this rhetoric holds that science comprises an arsenal of techniques, or a pervasive mentality, that have broadly shaped and even defined modern society. Such notions have been the subject of more or less constant discussion for two or three centuries, with early critics of scientific thought targeting its links to the religious and political radicalism of the Enlightenment and the troubles of industrialization.

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论文评论：我们为何为科学而战？

科学 "这一概念在我们的修辞传承中占有独特的地位。这种修辞与科学的实际实践和体制无关，它认为科学包含了一系列技术，或一种普遍存在的思维方式，这些技术和思维方式广泛地塑造甚至定义了现代社会。两三个世纪以来，这种观念一直是人们或多或少不断讨论的主题，早期的科学思想批评家将科学思想与启蒙运动的宗教和政治激进主义以及工业化的麻烦联系起来。

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British Journal for the History of Science Multiple-

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0.80

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： This leading international journal publishes scholarly papers and review articles on all aspects of the history of science. History of science is interpreted widely to include medicine, technology and social studies of science. BJHS papers make important and lively contributions to scholarship and the journal has been an essential library resource for more than thirty years. It is also used extensively by historians and scholars in related fields. A substantial book review section is a central feature. There are four issues a year, comprising an annual volume of over 600 pages. Published for the British Society for the History of Science