Margaret Cavendish: Observations upon Experimental Philosophy

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Margaret Cavendish

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy

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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.

Release date NZ

October 18th, 2001

Author

Margaret Cavendish

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Edited by Eileen O'Neill

Pages

338

Series

Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy

Dimensions

152x229x21

ISBN-13

9780521772044

Product ID

1771725

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