Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: the Historical Sociology of Scientific Explanations -- 2 The Break with the Philosophical Discourse on Nature: The Discovery of Electrical Conductivity -- 3 Explanation and Experimentation Transformed: Newton's Studies of Spectral Colors -- 4 The Public Transaction of Newton's Optical Research -- 5 Remodeling Human Understanding: Locke's Laboratory of the Mind -- 6 Locke's Doctrine of the Faithful Mind -- 7 Experimental Philosophy: The Gospel According to Boyle -- 8 Science as an Institution of Human Understanding: Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
