Victorian scientific naturalism and Thomas Carlyle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23154351 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank M Turner (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Pages | 131-150 |
| Publication date | 1993-04-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Contesting Cultural Authority (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9780511522857.006 |
| OpenAlex | W1527129623 |
| ISBN | 9780511522857 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
During the second half of the nineteenth century the spokesmen for scientific naturalism constituted one of the most vocal and visible groups on the Victorian intellectual landscape. Combining research, polemic wit, and literary eloquence, they defended and propagated a scientific world view based on atomism, conservation of energy, and evolution. They raised the banner of the functional expertise of the scientifically educated against the resistance of religious orthodoxy, received opinion, and intellectual obscurantism. They sought to create a largely secular climate of opinion no longer dominated by religion that would permit the theories and practitioners of modern science to penetrate the institutions of education, industry, and government for the material progress and social amelioration of the nation.
Art history · Epistemology · Naturalism · Historical and Literary Studies · History · History of Science and Medicine · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2019 (37) |
| Highly cited | No |