Margaret Cavendish's Observations upon Experimental Philosophy holds a unique position in early modern philosophy, drawing on the doctrines of ancient Stoicism to attack the tenets of seventeenth-century mechanical philosophy. Her treatise is a document of major importance in the history of women's contributions to philosophy and science.
A 2001 edition of Margaret Cavendish's treatise on the philosophy of nature.
Margaret Cavendish's Observations upon Experimental Philosophy holds a unique position in early modern philosophy, drawing on the doctrines of ancient Stoicism to attack the tenets of seventeenth-century mechanical philosophy.
OBSERVATIONS UPON EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY.
This edition aims to make Margaret Cavendish’s most mature philosophical work more accessible to students and scholars of the period.
XXXII [T]hough I believe that there is a Devil, as the Word of God and the Church inform me, yet I am not of the opinion, that God should suffer him to have such a familiar conjunction, and make such contracts with Man, as to impower ...
Order and regularities -- Cavendish's atomism -- Vitalist materialism and infinite nature -- Creatures -- Human nature and the desire for fame -- Peace and order in human societies -- Gender roles and the role of nature -- Humans and the ...
This book is the first collection of essays on the subject of early modern experimental philosophy. It will appeal to scholars and students of early modern philosophy, science and religion.
The Blazing World, is a 1666 work of prose fiction by the English writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. Feminist critic Dale Spender calls it a forerunner ofScience Fiction-General. It can also be read as a utopian work
These essays throw new light on the complex relations between science, literature and rhetoric as avenues to discovery in early modern England.
... of its chaotic behaviour, and others in which the [Saari-Xia] five body problem literally has no solution beyond a certain time even though the bodies are involved in no collision': Science in the Looking Glass (Oxford, 2003), 168.