Fontenelle’s Éloges des académiciens : Creating the Scientific Persona
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | FILOZOFIA |
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| web | https://www.sav.sk/index.php?lang=sk&doc=journal-list&part=article_response_page&journal_article_no=36106 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2024.79.10.3 |
| Keywords | Fontenelle; scientific persona; sociability; Academy of Sciences |
| Description | In his Éloges des académiciens, French philosopher Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657 – 1757) used various strategies to build the credibility of scientists. In recent publications on the history of science, the concept of persona has been fruitfully explored. In this article, I focus on the construction of the scientific persona in Fontenelle’s Éloges, concentrating on the communication skills that scientists had to develop in order to advance new scientific discoveries. |
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