Sargent, Rose-Mary. <br/><br/>
The diffident naturalist  Robert Boyle and the philosophy of experiment /  [electronic resource] : 
Rose-Mary Sargent. 
 -  University of Chicago Press,  1995. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 355 p.) 
 - Science and its conceptual foundations .
 - Science and its conceptual foundations. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-335) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. I. Learning from the Past. 1. The Philosophical Tradition. 2. The Legal Tradition. 3. The Experimental Tradition -- pt. II. Being a Christian Virtuoso. 4. Natural Theology. 5. Biblical Hermeneutics -- pt. III. Acting Experimentally. 6. Observing. 7. Experimenting. 8. Writing -- Conclusion: The Experimental Process. 
<br/><br/> In a provocative reassessment of one of the quintessential figures of early modern science, Rose-Mary Sargent explores Robert Boyle's philosophy of experiment, a central aspect of his life and work that became a model for mid- to late seventeenth-century natural philosophers and for many who followed them. Sargent examines the philosophical, legal, experimental, and religious traditions--among them English common law, alchemy, medicine, and Christianity--that played a part in shaping Boyle's experimental thought and practice. The roots of his philosophy in his early life and education, in his re. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226735627 (electronic bk.) 0226735621 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. <br/>Boyle, Robert, (1627-1691) --Philosophie.<br/>Boyle, Robert.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Scientists--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>1627-1691.<br/>Biography.<br/>Boyle, Robert.<br/>Great Britain.<br/>Scientists.<br/>Science.<br/>Physics.<br/>SCIENCE--Physics--General.<br/>SCIENCE--Mechanics--General.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Science & Technology.<br/>SCIENCE--Energy.<br/>Natuurwetenschappen.<br/>Natuurfilosofie.<br/>Experimenten.<br/>Experiment.<br/>Philosophie.<br/>Biographie.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Science 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q143.B77  / S27 1995eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530/.092