Regimens of the Mind : Boyle, Locke, and the Early Modern Cultura Animi Tradition


Sorana. Corneanu
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Chicago, [Ill.] ; London : : University of Chicago Press, , 2011.
Omfang
1 online resource (320 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Francis Bacon and the Art of Direction; 2. Cultura and Medicina Animi: An Early Modern Tradition; 3. Virtuoso Discipline; 4. Robert Boyle: Experience as Paideia; 5. John Locke and the Education of the Mind; 6. Studying Nature; 7. Studying "God's Contrivances"; Conclusion; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - In Regimens of the Mind, Sorana Corneanu proposes a new approach to the epistemological and methodological doctrines of the leading experimental philosophers of seventeenth-century England, an approach that considers their often overlooked moral, psychological, and theological elements. Corneanu focuses on the views about the pursuit of knowledge in the writings of Robert Boyle and John Locke, as well as in those of several of their influences, including Francis Bacon and the early Royal Society virtuosi. She argues that their experimental programs of inquiry fulfill the role of
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Dewey
192
ISBN
0226116395. - 9780226116396

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