Diffident Naturalist by Sargent, Rose-Mary -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction

Oerview Recent Trends Philosophical Issues Plan of the Study

Part I. Learning from the Past

I The Philosophical Tradition

A Philosophical Revolution A New Alternative The Pyramid and the Tree Boyle's Choice

2 The Legal Tradition

English Common Law Experience and the Experimental Philosophy Boyle versus Hobbes

3 The Experimental Tradition

The Physico-Mechanical Tradition The Alchemical Tradition The Medical Tradition

Part II. Being a Christian Virtuoso

4 Natural Theology

The Book of Nature and Philosophical Worship A Free Inquiry The Corpuscular Philosophy and Physical Causality Causal Relations and the Essences of Bodies

5 Biblical Hermeneutics

The Two Books The Interpretation of Scripture The Interpretation of Nature

Part III. Acting Experimentally

6 Observing

Constructing the Factual Foundation Collecting Observations Assessing Credibility

7 Experimenting

Creating an Artificial Environment The Contingencies of Experiment Making Experiments Experimental Strategies

8 Writing

Composing Experimental Essays Exciting Curiosity Collaborating An Experimental History of Cold

Conclusion: The Experimental Process

Boyle’s Philosophy of Experiment The Significance of Boyle’s Philosophy

Notes Bibliography Index

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