A culture of fact : England, 1550-1720
Barbara J. Shapiro (Author)
"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
Print Book, English, 2000
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2000