Introduction
Historical Coherence, Complexity, and the Scientific Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12418166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald A Yerxa (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 439-444 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798707000439 |
| OpenAlex | W2057666151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Historical inquiry today is robust at multiple levels and celebrates novel interpretation and the rich complexity of the past. Although historians show no signs of paralysis in the light of the epistemological challenges of the 1980s and 1990s, many remain disillusioned with traditional periodization schemes. In the case of the Scientific Revolution, this skittishness seems to translate into a sceptical resignation about the possibility that the new scholarship can ever reveal an underlying coherence. As the essays in this forum on the Scientific Revolution demonstrate, however, such resignation is an inadequate response to novelty and complexity. New findings ought to prod historians to search for more intricate and satisfactory patterns
Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Novelty · Periodization · Political science · Scholarship · Scientific revolution · Skepticism · Sociology · History · History of Science and Medicine · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |