The Bloomsbury Companion to Robert Boyle

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

The Bloomsbury Companion to Robert BoyleAuthor(s): Jan-Erik Jones\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350375680, 978-1350375680\nSynopsis\nRobert Boyle, well known in scientific circles, has still not received the credit he deserves in philosophy. A leader in experimental philosophy, his interests range from morality and philosophy of religion to epistemology and the philosophy of science. The Bloomsbury Companion to Robert Boyle brings together the latest work on the lesser known aspects of Boyles philosophy, alongside some of his best known views, and surveys the full range of his philosophy for the first time.\n\nSituating Boyle within the philosophical and scientific traditions and introducing his zeal for experiment and commitment to the improvement of humanity, chapters reveal how crucial chemistry and alchemy are to his philosophy of science. They take up the metaphysical and ontological conseque.