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John Locke and Natural Philosophy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191506253
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: John Locke and Natural PhilosophyDDC classification:
  • 192
LOC classification:
  • B1284 -- .A57 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Peter Anstey presents an innovative study of John Locke's views on the method and content of natural philosophy--the study of the natural world. 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.
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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--the study of the natural world. 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.

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