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Margaret Cavendish: Observations upon Experimental Philosophy by Margaret Cavendish (Hardcover, 2001)
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Margaret Cavendish's 1668 edition of Observations upon Experimental Philosophy, presented here in its first modern edition, holds a unique position in early modern philosophy. Cavendish rejects the Aristotelianism which was taught in the universities in the seventeenth century, and the picture of nature as a grand machine which was propounded by Hobbes, Descartes and members of the Royal Society of London, such as Boyle. She also rejects the views of nature which 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.
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Margaret Cavendish's 1668 edition of Observations upon Experimental Philosophy, presented here in its first modern edition, holds a unique position in early modern philosophy. Cavendish rejects the Aristotelianism which was taught in the universities in the seventeenth century, and the picture of nature as a grand machine which was propounded by Hobbes, Descartes and members of the Royal Society of London, such as Boyle. She also rejects the views of nature which 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521772044
eBay Product ID (ePID)18046515306
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Book TitleMargaret Cavendish: Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy
AuthorMargaret Cavendish
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Philosophy
Publication Year2001
Number of Pages338 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width152mm
Item Weight620g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMargaret Cavendish
Series TitleCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
EditorEileen O'neill
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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