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Mechanism and Materialism: British Natural Philosophy in An Age of Reason
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Full Title:
Mechanism and Materialism: British Natural Philosophy in An Age of Reason
Contributors:
By (Author) Robert E. Schofield
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
530.01
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
346
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
652g
Description
Robert Schofield explores the rational elements of British experimental natural philosophy in the 18th century by tracing the influence of two opposing concepts of the nature of matter and its action--mechanism and materialism. Both concepts rested on the Newtonian interpretation of their proponents, although each developed more or less independent
