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In this book, published in 1686, the scientist Robert Boyle (1627–91) attacked prevailing notions of the natural world which depicted 'Nature' as a wise, benevolent and purposeful being. Boyle, one of the leading mechanical philosophers of his day, believed that the world was best understood as a vast, impersonal machine, fashioned by an ...
- Robert Boyle
- 1996
Having shown that the definition given of nature by Aristotle himself, as great a logician as he was, has not been able to satisfy so much as his interpreters and disciples what his own idea of nature was, it would be to little purpose to trouble you and myself with enquiring into the definitions and disputes of other Peripatetics about so obscure and perplexed a subject, especially since it ...
7 de nov. de 1996 · Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature. Cambridge University Press, Nov 7, 1996 - Nature - 171 pages. In this book, published in 1686, the...
5 de jun. de 2012 · Information. Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature , pp. ix - xxvii. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139166836.001. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Print publication year: 1996. Access options. Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below.
In this book, published in 1686, the scientist Robert Boyle (1627-91) attacked prevailing notions of the natural world which depicted 'Nature' as a wise, benevolent and purposeful being. Boyle, one of the leading mechanical philosophers of his day, believed that the world was best understood as a vast, impersonal machine, fashioned by an ...
Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature. Edward B. Davis & Michael Hunter (eds.) - 1996 - Cambridge University Press. Robert Boyle, A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature Reviewed by. Charles Stewart-Robertson - 1997 - Philosophy in Review 17 (5):307-309.
Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-56796-1 - Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature Edited by Edward B. Davis and Michael Hunter More information.
