John Locke and natural philosophy /

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 spec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Anstey, Peter R., 1962-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Locke, John, > 1632-1704. Locke, John, > 1632-1704 Philosophy of nature. Philosophie de la nature. PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern. Philosophy. Philosophy of nature Natuurfilosofie. Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Natural philosophy
2. Corpuscular pessimism
3. Natural history
4. Hypothese and analogy
5. Vortices, the deluge, and cohesion
6. Mathematics
7. Demonstration
8. Explanation
9. Iatrochemistyr
10. Generation
11. Species.