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The 'Creed of Science' in Victorian England (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The 'Creed of Science' in Victorian England (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
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The nineteenth century, which saw the triumph of the idea of
progress and improvement, saw also the triumph of science as a
political and cultural force. In England, as science and its
methods claimed privilege and space, its language acquired the
vocabulary of religion. The new 'creed' of science embraced what
John Tyndall called the 'scientific movement'; it was, in the
language of T.H. Huxley, a militant creed. The 'march' of
invention, the discoveries of chemistry, and the wonders of steam
and electricity culminated in a crusade against ignorance and
unbelief. It was a creed that looked to its own apostolic
succession from Copernicus, Galileo and the martyrs of the
'scientific revolution'. Yet, it was a creed whose doctrines were
divisive, and whose convictions resisted. Alongside arguments for
materialism, utility, positivism, and evolutionary naturalism,
persisted reservations about the nature of man, the role of ethics,
and the limits of scientific method. These essays discuss leading
strategists in the scientific movement of late-Victorian England.
At the same time, they show how 'science established' served not
only the scientific community, but also the interests of imperial
and colonial powers.
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