Experimental Philosophy and the Birth of Empirical Science : Boyle, Locke and Newton.
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Taylor and Francis,
2004
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Bibliography
- Index.
