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The diffident naturalist : Robert Boyle and the philosophy of experiment /
In a provocative reassessment of one of the quintessential figures of early modern science, Rose-Mary Sargent explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of experiment, a central aspect of his life and work that became a model for mid- to late seventeenth-century natural philosophers and for many who fo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1995.
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| Series: | Science and its conceptual foundations.
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In a provocative reassessment of one of the quintessential figures of early modern science, Rose-Mary Sargent explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of experiment, a central aspect of his life and work that became a model for mid- to late seventeenth-century natural philosophers and for many who followed them. Sargent examines the philosophical, legal, experimental, and religious traditions--among them English common law, alchemy, medicine, and Christianity--that played a part in shaping Boyle's experimental thought and practice. The roots of his philosophy in his early life and education, in his re. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 355 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-335) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226735627 0226735621 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |