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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1995.
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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.