Robert Boyle: A Study in Science and Christian Belief - Couverture rigide

Hooykaas, R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 076180708X ISBN 13 : 9780761807087

Editeur : University Press of America, 1997

Synopsis

This book offers a comprehensive study of the thought of Robert Boyle in the context of his time. Boyle was a pioneer of experimental physics and founder of modern chemistry. Hooykaas provides a historical study of the relations between science and Christian faith in Boyle focusing on his views of religion, revelation, reason and experience. Boyle's conception of science is compared with those of Descartes, Gassendi, Newton, Bacon and Pascal. It is a close textual study of the collected works of Boyle using the edition of 1772. It corrects criticism that Hooykaas abused history of science to engage in Christian apologetics. It is intended for historians of science, philosophers of science, students of religion and science relations, Boyle scholars, and historians of chemistry. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Chapter I: Boyle's Life and Times; Chapter II: Science; Chapter III: Religion and the Study of Nature; Chapter IV: Special Revelation; Index of Names. Co-published with The Pascal Center for Advanced Studies in Faith and Science.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

R. Hooykaas is Associate Professor of History at Redeemer College in Ontario, Canada.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of America
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 076180708X
• ISBN 13: 9780761807087
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 156
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• Personne responsable: non disponible