Humphry Davy: Analogy, Priority, and the "true philosopher".
Humphry Davy: Analogy, Priority, and the "true philosopher".
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汉弗莱·戴维：类比、优先性和“真正的哲学家”。
DOI：
10.1080/00026980.2019.1616947
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发表时间：
2019
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0.5
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Ruston S
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Ruston S
这篇文章探讨了戴维如何塑造自己，他在他的诗歌中称之为“真正的哲学家”。他将“真正的哲学家”定义为那些避免在科学工作中获得金钱利益的人，而宁愿为了公共利益而自由地提供知识，并且是在比纯粹的实验主义者更高的水平上工作的人。具体来说，戴维介绍自己使用类比的方法来达到他的发现，并强调他理解他的发现背后的“原则”。他把自己描绘成一个能感知类比的人，因为他比他所在社会的许多人对世界有更广阔的视角。他在诗中描述了“真正的哲学家”，为我们提供了戴维对这个人物的私人看法;文章然后展示了戴维如何试图在他职业生涯的关键时刻以这种方式描绘自己的性格。
This essay explores how Davy fashioned himself as, what he called in his poetry, a “true philosopher.” He defined the “true philosopher” as someone who eschewed monetary gain for his scientific work, preferring instead to give knowledge freely for the public good, and as someone working at a higher level than the mere experimentalist. Specifically, Davy presented himself as using the method of analogy to reach his discoveries and emphasised that he understood the “principle” behind his findings. He portrayed himself as one who perceived analogies because he had a wider perspective on the world than many others in his society. The poem in which he describes the “true philosopher” offers us Davy’s private view of this character; the essay then demonstrates how Davy attempted to depict his own character in this way during critical moments in his career.