How Long to Read The Natural and the Human

How Long Does it Take to Read The Natural and the Human?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 25 minutes to read The Natural and the Human by Stephen Gaukroger

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of empirical science and the understanding of human behaviour from the mid-eighteenth century. Since the seventeenth century, science in the west has undergone a unique form of cumulative development in which it has been consolidated through integration into and shaping of a culture. But in the eighteenth century, science was cut loose from the legitimating culture in which it had had a public rationale as a fruitful and worthwhile form of enquiry. What kept it afloat between the middle of the eighteenth and the middle of the nineteenth centuries, when its legitimacy began to hinge on an intimate link with technology? The answer lies in large part in an abrupt but fundamental shift in how the tasks of scientific enquiry were conceived, from the natural realm to the human realm. At the core of this development lies the naturalization of the human, that is, attempts to understand human behaviour and motivations no longer in theological and metaphysical terms, but in empirical terms. One of the most striking feature of this development is the variety of forms it took, and the book explores anthropological medicine, philosophical anthropology, the 'natural history of man', and social arithmetic. Each of these disciplines re-formulated basic questions so that empirical investigation could be drawn upon in answering them, but the empirical dimension was conceived very differently in each case, with the result that the naturalization of the human took the form of competing, and in some respects mutually exclusive, projects.

How long is The Natural and the Human?

The Natural and the Human by Stephen Gaukroger is 376 pages long, and a total of 96,256 words.

This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Natural and the Human Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 45 minutes to read The Natural and the Human aloud.

What Reading Level is The Natural and the Human?

The Natural and the Human is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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