THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SECRET (OPENNESS VS. SECRECY IN SCIENCE OF THE EPOCH OF INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION OF XVI-XVII cc.)
Traditional historiography of science has constructed secrecy in opposition to openness. It is demonstrated that openness and secrecy are often interlocked. Focusing on the early modern period, two cases are introduced that are difficult to analyze with a simple oppositional understanding of opennes...
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| Language: | English |
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Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Дискурс |
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| Online Access: | https://discourse.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/57 |