The philosophical and historiographical terrain -- Positivism, Whiggism and the chemical revolution -- Postpositivism and the history of science -- Postpositivist interpretations of the chemical revolution -- From modernism to postmodernism: changing philosophical images of science -- The sociology of scientific knowledge and the history of science -- Postmodernist and sociological interpretations of the chemical revolution -- The chemical revolution as history
Summary
This study offers a critical survey of past and present interpretations of the Chemical Revolution designed to lend clarity and direction to the current ferment of views
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-316) and index
