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- The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction The Disciplinary Revolutions of Early Modern Philosophy and Science
- Part I The Disciplines
- 1 The Uses of Ancient Philosophy
- 2 Novatores
- 3 Renaissance Aristotelianism(s)
- 4 What To Do With the Mechanical Philosophy?
- 5 The Later Sects: Cartesians, Gassendists, Leibnizians, and Newtonians
- 6 Confessionalization and Natural Philosophy
- 7 The Rise of a Public Science? Women and Natural Philosophy in the Early Modern Period
- Part II Disciplinary Activities
- Part III Problems and Controversies
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - The Rise of a Public Science? Women and Natural Philosophy in the Early Modern Period
from Part I - The Disciplines
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2022
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction The Disciplinary Revolutions of Early Modern Philosophy and Science
- Part I The Disciplines
- 1 The Uses of Ancient Philosophy
- 2 Novatores
- 3 Renaissance Aristotelianism(s)
- 4 What To Do With the Mechanical Philosophy?
- 5 The Later Sects: Cartesians, Gassendists, Leibnizians, and Newtonians
- 6 Confessionalization and Natural Philosophy
- 7 The Rise of a Public Science? Women and Natural Philosophy in the Early Modern Period
- Part II Disciplinary Activities
- Part III Problems and Controversies
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
An essential feature of the Scientific Revolution was the institutionalization and professionalization of the new science, especially in national societies like the Royal Society of London and the French Académie des Sciences, but also in less formal institutional structures, such as correspondence networks, journals, salons, and private spaces. On the one hand, this provided new spaces and new demographics of knowledge production, especially an increased participation by women. On another, it raised a variety of issues related to socially-embedded epistemology, such the proper means of reporting observations and results, and the grounds for witnessing and testimony. This is an area of research that has rapidly expanded in recent years, as this chapter discusses by focusing on the cases of Johanna Stephens and Émilie Du Châtelet.
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