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Author:   Peter R. Anstey
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781138211582

ISBN 10:   1138211583
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   14 April 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Peter R. Anstey 1. Early Modern Mathematical Principles and Symmetry Arguments James Franklin 2. The Development of Principles in Equity in the Seventeenth Century Joe Campbell 3. Alchemical and Chymical Principles: Four Different Traditions William R. Newman 4. The Two Comets of 1664–1665: A Dispersive Prism for French Natural Philosophical Principles Sophie Roux 5. Corpuscularism and Experimental Philosophy in Domenico Guglielmini’s Reflections on Salts Alberto Vanzo 6. The Principles of Spinoza’s Philosophy Michael LeBuffe 7. Principles in Newton’s Natural Philosophy Kirsten Walsh 8. Leibniz on Principles in Natural Philosophy: The Principle of the Equality of Cause and Effect Daniel Garber 9. Experimental Philosophy and the Principles of Natural Religion in England, 1667–1720 Peter R. Anstey 10. A Conflict of Principles: Grotius’ Justice versus Hume’s Utility Kiyoshi Shimokawa

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<strong> </strong> <strong>This fascinating collection provides case studies allowing the reader to appreciate how many and how varied are the ways in which the concept of a principle has been deployed and to what effect in the early modern period. </strong> <i>Margaret Atherton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA</p></i>

This fascinating collection provides case studies allowing the reader to appreciate how many and how varied are the ways in which the concept of a principle has been deployed and to what effect in the early modern period. - Margaret Atherton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

Author Information

Peter R. Anstey is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He specializes in early modern philosophy with a particular focus on the philosophy of John Locke, experimental philosophy, and the philosophy of principles. He is the author of John Locke and Natural Philosophy (2011) and editor of The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century (2013).

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