Outline

I. BackgroundII. LinnaeusIII. DiderotIV. Science in the Public Sphere

Affects of the Sci. Rev

Baconian Nature

Natural History

Natural History involved the observation, study, and classification of the natural world. It encompassed the fields of paleontology, botany, zoology, and geology

Carl von Linné

Classification

How to classify

Systema Naturae

Denis Diderot

Encyclopédie

Encyclopedia Francais

What is the purpose of these? Cataloging of knowledge Knowledge as empirical listing of facts To “know” something, you must know

everything about it Class element:

Science as Performance

Science in the Public Sphere Science exits the private sphere of

institutions and houses of the well to do Becomes a symbol of the age By revolution in France, and early 19th C in

Britain, public science demonstrations for larger audience