Boyle on Fire - The Mechanical Revolution in Scientific Explanation

Zusammenfassung This process reveals those characteristics of mechanical explanations that make them superior to elemental theories of chemical explanation, characteristics that have become an enduring feature of the scientific enterprise. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionCh. 1: Boyle and the philosophy of scienceCh. 2: On the intelligibility of mechanical explanationsCh. 3: Boyle's attack on elemental interpretations of Fire AnalysisCh. 4: Boyle's mechanical theory of heat and fireCh. 5: Boyle's mechanical epistemologyCh. 6: The 'contrivance of parts'Ch. 7: Mechanical explanation in contemporary scienceConclusionGlossary of termsChronology of Boyle's lifeIndex

Product details

• Authors: William Eaton, William R. Eaton, Eaton William
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2004
• EAN: 9780826478276
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-7827-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Continuum Studies in British P; Continuum Studies in British P; Continuum Studies in British Philosophy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science