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The diffident naturalist : Robert Boyle and the philosophy of experiment /

In a provocative reassessment of one of the quintessential figures of early modern science, Rose-Mary Sargent explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of experiment, a central aspect of his life and work that became a model for mid- to late seventeenth-century natural philosophers and for many who fo...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Sargent, Rose-Mary
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Collection:Science and its conceptual foundations.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • pt. I. Learning from the Past. 1. The Philosophical Tradition. 2. The Legal Tradition. 3. The Experimental Tradition
  • pt. II. Being a Christian Virtuoso. 4. Natural Theology. 5. Biblical Hermeneutics
  • pt. III. Acting Experimentally. 6. Observing. 7. Experimenting. 8. Writing
  • Conclusion: The Experimental Process.