A Social History of Truth: Civility And Science In Seventeenth-Century England (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations)

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNotes on Genres, Disciplines, and ConventionsThe Argument Summarized1: The Great Civility: Trust, Truth, and Moral Order2: "Who Was Then a Gentleman?" Integrity and Gentle Identity in Early Modern England3: A Social History of Truth-Telling: Knowledge, Social Practice, and the Credibility of Gentlemen4: Who Was Robert Boyle? The Creation and Presentation of an Experimental Identity5: Epistemological Decorum: The Practical Management of Factual Testimony 1936: Knowing about People and Knowing about Things: A Moral History of Scientific Credibility7: Certainty and Civility: Mathematics and Boyle's Experimental Conversation8: Invisible Technicians: Masters, Servants, and the Making of Experimental KnowledgeEpilogue: The Way We Live NowBibliographyIndex