Chapter ID: CBB000101139

Divine Artifice and Natural Mechanism: Robert Boyle's Mechanical Philosophy of Nature (2001)

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Description Argues a complex interconnection between theology, mechanical and experimental philosophy, and Aristotelian philosophy in Boyle's (1627-1691) work.


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Authors & Contributors
Osler, Margaret J.
Chalmers, Alan Francis
Banchetti-Robino, Marina Paola
Dana Matthiessen
Nachtomy, Ohad
Smith, Justin E. H.
Concepts
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Philosophy of science
Science and religion
Natural philosophy
Philosophy
Experiments and experimentation
Time Periods
17th century
Early modern
18th century
Modern
Places
Europe
Italy
Institutions
Experimentalists
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