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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819966403321

Autore

Ben-Chaim Michael

Titolo

Experimental philosophy and the birth of empirical science : Boyle, Locke, and Newton / / Michael Ben-Chaim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-93775-8

1-315-25567-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

501/.09/032

Soggetti

Science - Methodology - History - 17th century

Science - Philosophy - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : the historical sociology of scientific explanations -- 2. The break with the philosophical discourse on nature : the discovery of electrical conductivity -- 3. Explanation and experimentation transformed : Newton's studies of spectral colors -- 4. The public transaction of Newton's optical research -- 5. Remodeling human understanding : Locke's laboratory of the mind -- 6. Locke's doctrine of the faithful mind -- 7. Experimental philosophy : the gospel according to Boyle -- 8. Science as an institution of human understanding : conclusions.