Contents
Preface to the 1994 Edition
Preface
Introduction
1. The Persuit of Science in America, 1815-1845
2. The Scientific Profession
3. The Reign of Bacon in America
4. The Philosophy in Action
5. A Deluge of Facts
6. The Limits of Baconianism: History and the Imponderables
7. Finalism, Positivism, and Scientific Explanation
8. The Inductive Process and the Doctrine of Analogy
9. Science, Theoogy, and Common Sense
Appendix I. Biographical and Bibliographical Sketches of Fifty-five Leading American Scientists of the Period 1815 to 1845
Appendix II. American Scientific Journals, 1771-1849
Notes
Index