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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790055703321

Autore

Anstey Peter R. <1962->

Titolo

John Locke and natural philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / Peter R. Anstey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-967952-5

1-299-48615-0

0-19-150625-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Classificazione

08.24

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Philosophy of nature

Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-BrittannieĢˆ en Noord-Ierland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Natural philosophy and the aims of the Essay""; ""2. Corpuscular pessimism""; ""3. Natural history""; ""4. Hypotheses and analogy""; ""5. Vortices, the deluge, and cohesion""; ""6. Mathematics""; ""7. Demonstration""; ""8. Explanation""; ""9. Iatrochemistry""; ""10. Generation""; ""11. Species""; ""Conclusion""; ""List of manuscripts""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""

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Sommario/riassunto

Peter Anstey presents an innovative study of John Locke's views on the method and content of natural philosophy. He argues that Locke was an advocate of the experimental philosophy: the new approach to natural philosophy championed by the scientists of the Royal Society who were opposed to speculative philosophy.