Scientific Investigations

Abstract

In the previous two chapters I have argued that Faraday pursued his science within the context of a theologically informed conception of nature and that he advocated a scientific method that can likewise be related to his religion. However, the characterisation of Faraday developed in these chapters is far from complete. We have, as it were, led him to the door of his basement laboratory at the Royal Institution but not allowed him to enter and to practise his science. As a highly innovative scientist Faraday was not simply articulating his metaphysical beliefs but in the course of his work was developing his own ideas, interacting with the ideas of others and the results which he (and other scientists) obtained in their laboratories. Moreover, as several historians have emphasised, Faraday worked painstakingly and unremittingly at the laboratory bench and any account of him which ignores this aspect is necessarily incomplete. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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