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Autore: | Ben-Chaim Michael |
Titolo: | Experimental philosophy and the birth of empirical science : Boyle, Locke, and Newton / / Michael Ben-Chaim |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 501/.09/032 |
Soggetto topico: | Science - Methodology - History - 17th century |
Science - Philosophy - History - 17th century | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Experimental philosophy and the birth of empirical science |
ISBN: | 1-351-93775-8 |
1-315-25567-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910819966403321 |
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