Experimental philosophy and the birth of empirical science : Boyle, Locke, and Newton /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ben-Chaim, Michael
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2004.
Subjects:	Boyle, Robert > 1627-1691 Locke, John > 1632-1704 Newton, Isaac > 1643-1727 Boyle, Robert, > 1627-1691. Locke, John, > 1632-1704. Newton, Isaac, > 1642-1727. Boyle, Robert. Locke, John. Newton, Isaac. 1600-1699 Geschichte 1600-1800. Science > Methodology > History > 17th century. Science > Philosophy > History > 17th century. Sciences > Méthodologie > Histoire > 17e siècle. Science > Methodology. Science > Philosophy. Experiment Methodologie Naturwissenschaften Philosophie Empirisme. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the historical sociology of scientific explanations
The break with the philosophical discourse on nature : the discovery of electrical conductivity
Explanation and experimentation transformed : Newton's studies of spectral colors
The public transaction of Newton's optical research
Remodeling human understanding : Locke's laboratory of the mind
Locke's doctrine of the faithful mind
Experimental philosophy : the gospel according to Boyle
Science as an institution of human understanding : conclusions.