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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sargent, Rose-Mary
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Series:Science and its conceptual foundations.
Subjects:
Boyle, Robert, > 1627-1691.
Boyle, Robert, > 1627-1691
Boyle, Robert, > (1627-1691) > Philosophie.
Boyle, Robert.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Scientists
Experiment
Philosophie
Biografie
Natuurwetenschappen.
Natuurfilosofie.
Experimenten.
Great Britain
Science
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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