Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature

Auteur: Boyle, Robert
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
In this book, published in 1686, the scientist Robert Boyle attacked prevailing notions of the natural world which depicted 'Nature' as a wise, benevolent and purposeful being. His Free Enquiry represents one of the subtlest statements concerning the philosophical issues raised by the mechanical philosophy to emerge from the period of the scientific revolution.
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In this book, published in 1686, the scientist Robert Boyle attacked prevailing notions of the natural world which depicted 'Nature' as a wise, benevolent and purposeful being. His Free Enquiry represents one of the subtlest statements concerning the philosophical issues raised by the mechanical philosophy to emerge from the period of the scientific revolution.
ISBN / EAN 9780521567961
Auteur Boyle, Robert
Editeur Cambridge University Press