Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy

Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy

Margaret Cavendish
3.7/5 ( ratings)
Margaret Cavendish's Observations upon Experimental Philosophy holds a unique position in early modern philosophy. Cavendish rejects the picture of nature as a grand machine that was propounded by Hobbes and Descartes; she also rejects the alternative views of nature that make reference to immaterial spirits. Instead she develops an original system of organicist materialism, and draws on the doctrines of ancient Stoicism to attack the tenets of seventeenth-century mechanical philosophy. Her treatise is a document of major importance in the history of women's contributions to philosophy and science.
Language
English
Pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
November 19, 2001
ISBN
0521776759
ISBN 13
9780521776752

Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy

Margaret Cavendish
3.7/5 ( ratings)
Margaret Cavendish's Observations upon Experimental Philosophy holds a unique position in early modern philosophy. Cavendish rejects the picture of nature as a grand machine that was propounded by Hobbes and Descartes; she also rejects the alternative views of nature that make reference to immaterial spirits. Instead she develops an original system of organicist materialism, and draws on the doctrines of ancient Stoicism to attack the tenets of seventeenth-century mechanical philosophy. Her treatise is a document of major importance in the history of women's contributions to philosophy and science.
Language
English
Pages
338
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Release
November 19, 2001
ISBN
0521776759
ISBN 13
9780521776752

Rate this book!

Write a review?

loader