Scottish Philosophy and British Physics, 1740-1870 : : A Study in the Foundations of the Victorian Scientific Style / / Richard S. Olson.
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Olson, Richard S., Olson, Richard S., Scottish Philosophy and British Physics, 1740-1870 : A Study in the Foundations of the Victorian Scientific Style / Princeton Legacy Library ; Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Prologue -- PART I. The Growth of a Common Sense Philosophy of Science -- Chapter 1: The Integration of Moral Philosophy and Natural Philosophy in Scottish Academia -- Chapter 2: The Origins of Common Sense Philosophical Concern with the Nature of Science: Bacon and Newton Revisited in the Light of Hume -- Chapter 3: Common Sense Concerns with the Nature of Mathematics -- Chapter 4: A Change in Mood: Dugald Stewart, Thomas Brown, and the Acceptance of Hypothetical and Analogical Methods in Science -- Chapter 5: Thomas Brown and William Hamilton: The Relativity of Scientific Knowledge and the Triumph of Simplicity and Analogy -- PART II. The Influence of Common Sense Ideas on the Exact Sciences in Britain -- Chapter 6: Common Sense Reflections in the Natural Philosophy of John Robison and John Playfair -- Chapter 7: Common Sense Elements in Scientific Reviews: 1790-1840 -- Chapter 8: John Leslie and Henry Brougham: Model Common Sense Scientists of the First Generation -- Chapter 9: Common Sense Concerns Once Removed: James D. Forbes and John James Waterston -- Chapter 10: Sir John Herschel's Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy and the Common Sense Tradition -- Chapter 11: The Methodological Writings of William John Macquorn Rankine -- Chapter 12: Culmination of the Tradition: Metaphysics and Method in the Works of James Clerk Maxwell -- Epilogue -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Prologue -- PART I. The Growth of a Common Sense Philosophy of Science -- Chapter 1: The Integration of Moral Philosophy and Natural Philosophy in Scottish Academia -- Chapter 2: The Origins of Common Sense Philosophical Concern with the Nature of Science: Bacon and Newton Revisited in the Light of Hume -- Chapter 3: Common Sense Concerns with the Nature of Mathematics -- Chapter 4: A Change in Mood: Dugald Stewart, Thomas Brown, and the Acceptance of Hypothetical and Analogical Methods in Science -- Chapter 5: Thomas Brown and William Hamilton: The Relativity of Scientific Knowledge and the Triumph of Simplicity and Analogy -- PART II. The Influence of Common Sense Ideas on the Exact Sciences in Britain -- Chapter 6: Common Sense Reflections in the Natural Philosophy of John Robison and John Playfair -- Chapter 7: Common Sense Elements in Scientific Reviews: 1790-1840 -- Chapter 8: John Leslie and Henry Brougham: Model Common Sense Scientists of the First Generation -- Chapter 9: Common Sense Concerns Once Removed: James D. Forbes and John James Waterston -- Chapter 10: Sir John Herschel's Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy and the Common Sense Tradition -- Chapter 11: The Methodological Writings of William John Macquorn Rankine -- Chapter 12: Culmination of the Tradition: Metaphysics and Method in the Works of James Clerk Maxwell -- Epilogue -- Index |
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