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Author: Peter R. Anstey (University of Otago)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
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Width: 16.30cm
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, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.562kg
ISBN: 9780199589777
ISBN 10: 0199589771
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 31 March 2011
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Anstey uses his vast knowledge of Lockes natural philosophy to argue for four main claims. First, Locke gave experimental natural philosophy higher epistemic status than speculative systems ... Second, Locke thought that constructing Baconian natural histories was the best way to do experimental natural philosophy. Third, Locke did speculate, especially about corpuscularianism, chymistry, and chymical medicine. Fourth, by the 1690s, Locke gave the Newtonian, mathematical method a key role in natural philosophy... All four conclusions are well defended... Anstey has done a great service to the field by writing this book and everyone in the field should read it. Antonia LoLordo, Journal of the History of Philosophy ...a masterful and well-argued study of Locke's philosophy of science that shall become both the standard and starting place, for scholars and students alike, for decades to come. Anstey's meticulous and thorough research, combined with his comprehensive knowledge of the history of natural philosophy, make this work a must-read for all who are interested in Locke, early modern philosophy, the history of the philosophy of science, or early modern philosophy of science. His characteristically rigorous analysis and argumentation coupled with his easy and clear prose make this a highly readable and accessible work of scholarship. In short, I highly recommend this book. Jan-Erik Jones, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
...a masterful and well-argued study of Locke's philosophy of science that shall become both the standard and starting place, for scholars and students alike, for decades to come. Anstey's meticulous and thorough research, combined with his comprehensive knowledge of the history of natural philosophy, make this work a must-read for all who are interested in Locke, early modern philosophy, the history of the philosophy of science, or early modern philosophy of science. His characteristically rigorous analysis and argumentation coupled with his easy and clear prose make this a highly readable and accessible work of scholarship. In short, I highly recommend this book. Jan-Erik Jones, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Anstey uses his vast knowledge of Lockes natural philosophy to argue for four main claims. First, Locke gave experimental natural philosophy higher epistemic status than speculative systems ... Second, Locke thought that constructing Baconian natural histories was the best way to do experimental natural philosophy. Third, Locke did speculate, especially about corpuscularianism, chymistry, and chymical medicine. Fourth, by the 1690s, Locke gave the Newtonian, mathematical method a key role in natural philosophy... All four conclusions are well defended... Anstey has done a great service to the field by writing this book and everyone in the field should read it. Antonia LoLordo, Journal of the History of Philosophy ...a masterful and well-argued study of Locke's philosophy of science that shall become both the standard and starting place, for scholars and students alike, for decades to come. Anstey's meticulous and thorough research, combined with his comprehensive knowledge of the history of natural philosophy, make this work a must-read for all who are interested in Locke, early modern philosophy, the history of the philosophy of science, or early modern philosophy of science. His characteristically rigorous analysis and argumentation coupled with his easy and clear prose make this a highly readable and accessible work of scholarship. In short, I highly recommend this book. Jan-Erik Jones, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Anstey has produced a meticulous work of philosophical scholarship that should be of great interest to serious students of the history of science and indeed to anyone interested in the fundamental concepts structuring our understanding of the natural world. Lola Sharon Davidson, Parergon - Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Author Information
Peter R. Anstey studied analytic philosophy and the history of philosophy at the University of Sydney. He later took up a U2000 postdoctoral fellowship at Sydney and then a lectureship. In 2006 he moved to Dunedin in New Zealand where he is the inaugural Professor of Early Modern Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Otago. His research focuses on early modern philosophy with special reference to the writings of John Locke and Robert Boyle. He is the author of The Philosophy of Robert Boyle, London: Routledge, 2000.
