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Boyle on fire : the mechanical revolution in scientific explanation / William R. Eaton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eaton, William R.
- Series:
- Continuum studies in British philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
- Mechanics--History.
- Mechanics.
- History.
- Mechanism (Philosophy).
- Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691--Influence.
- Boyle, Robert.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 205 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, [2005]
- Summary:
- The philosophy of Robert Boyle (1627-1691) is a hot topic in early modern philosophy. Boyle was at the centre of the scientific community of 17th-century England, and an accurate view of the Enlightenment scientific revolution is impossible without recognition of the contributions that he made. Work on Boyle's philosophy is also shedding light on contemporary issues in the philosophy of science - it can help us understand the nature of scientific explanation and the role that the mechanical model of explanation plays in present-day science. Boyle's mechanical philosophy ushered in a new explanatory model for science and even though his corpuscular hypothesis failed, its failure does not entail the failure of the explanatory model of which it was an instance. Boyle on Fire demonstrates these points by examining Boyle's work concerning a method of experiment common in the seventeenth century called Fire Analysis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [198]-203) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0826478271
- OCLC:
- 56955962
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