| Description |
xv, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Cambridge companions |
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Cambridge companions to philosophy.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Markku Peltonen -- Bacon's idea of science / Paolo Rossi -- Bacon's classification of knowledge / Sachiko Kusukawa -- Bacon's method of science / Michel Malherbe -- Bacon's forms and the maker's knowledge tradition / Antonio Pérez-Ramos -- Bacon's speculative philosophy / Graham Rees -- Bacon as an advocate for cooperative scientific research / Rose-Mary Sargent -- Bacon's science and religion / John Channing Briggs -- Bacon and rhetoric / Brian Vickers -- Bacon and history / John F. Tinkler -- Bacon's moral philosophy / Ian Box -- Bacon's political philosophy / Markku Peltonen -- Bacon's legacy / Antonio Pérez-Ramos |
| Summary |
1561-1626. The essays in this volume offer a comprehensive survey of his writings on science, including his classification of sciences, his theory of knowledge and of forms, his speculative philosophy, his idea of cooperative scientific research, and the providential aspects of Baconian science |
| Analysis |
Philosophy |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-364) and index |
| Subject |
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
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Philosophers -- Great Britain
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| Author |
Peltonen, Markku.
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| LC no. |
95026405 |
| ISBN |
052143498X (hardback) |
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052143534X (paperback) |
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