Science in the Age of Sensibility: The Sentimental Empiricists of the French Enlightenment Book

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Science in the Age of Sensibility: The Sentimental Empiricists of the French Enlightenment, Empiricism today implies the dispassionate scrutiny of facts. But Jessica Riskin finds that in the French Enlightenment, empiricism was intimately bound up with sensibility. In what she calls a sentimental empiricism, natural knowledge was taken to rest, Science in the Age of Sensibility: The Sentimental Empiricists of the French Enlightenment

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Science in the Age of Sensibility: The Sentimental Empiricists of the French Enlightenment
Written by author Jessica Riskin
Published by University of Chicago Press, December 2002
Empiricism today implies the dispassionate scrutiny of facts. But Jessica Riskin finds that in the French Enlightenment, empiricism was intimately bound up with sensibility. In what she calls a "sentimental empiricism," natural knowledge was taken to rest
Empiricism today implies the dispassionate scrutiny of facts. But Jessica Riskin finds that in the French Enlightenment, empiricism was intimately bound up with sensibility. In what she calls a "sentimental empiricism," natural knowledge was taken to rest

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List of illustrations
Acknowlegments
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction: Sensibility and Enlightenment Science 1
2 The Blind and the Mathematically Inclined 19
3 Poor Richard's Leyden Jar 69
4 From Electricity to Economy 105
5 The Lawyer and the Lightning Rod 139
6 The Mesmerism Investigation and the Crisis of Sensibilist Science 189
7 Languages of Science and Revolution 227
8 Conclusion: The Legacy of the Sentimental Empiricists 283
Bibliography 289
Index 323

Title: Science in the Age of Sensibility: The Sentimental Empiricists of the French Enlightenment

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	List of illustrations
	Acknowlegments
	List of Abbreviations
1	Introduction: Sensibility and Enlightenment Science	1
2	The Blind and the Mathematically Inclined	19
3	Poor Richard's Leyden Jar	69
4	From Electricity to Economy	105
5	The Lawyer and the Lightning Rod	139
6	The Mesmerism Investigation and the Crisis of Sensibilist Science	189
7	Languages of Science and Revolution	227
8	Conclusion: The Legacy of the Sentimental Empiricists	283
	Bibliography	289
	Index	323