02727nam 2200625Ia 450 991081089190332120240516003250.00-19-967952-51-299-48615-00-19-150625-7(CKB)2670000000084545(EBL)3055274(OCoLC)922971819(SSID)ssj0000530445(PQKBManifestationID)12250816(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000530445(PQKBWorkID)10568263(PQKB)10375094(StDuBDS)EDZ0000077036(MiAaPQ)EBC3055274(Au-PeEL)EBL3055274(CaPaEBR)ebr10691689(CaONFJC)MIL479865(EXLCZ)99267000000008454520100824d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJohn Locke and natural philosophy /Peter R. Anstey1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-172548-X 0-19-958977-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-242) and index.""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""""S""""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""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.Philosophy of natureVerenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-IerlandgttPhilosophy of nature.19219208.24bclAnstey Peter R.1962-1597576MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810891903321John Locke and natural philosophy4075168UNINA