Experimental Philosophy and the Origins of Empiricism

Peter R Anstey author Alberto Vanzo author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:27th Feb '25

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This integrated history of early modern experimental philosophy explains one of the most significant developments in the early modern period.

Ranging from the early Royal Society of London in the seventeenth century to the uptake of experimental philosophy in Paris and Berlin in the eighteenth, this book is the first integrated history of early modern experimental philosophy, one of the most significant developments of the period.The emergence of experimental philosophy was one of the most significant developments in the early modern period. However, it is often overlooked in modern scholarship, despite being associated with leading figures such as Francis Bacon, Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, David Hume and Christian Wolff. Ranging from the early Royal Society of London in the seventeenth century to the uptake of experimental philosophy in Paris and Berlin in the eighteenth, this book provides new terms of reference for understanding early modern philosophy and science, and its eventual eclipse in the shadow of post-Kantian notions of empiricism and rationalism. Experimental Philosophy and the Origins of Empiricism is an integrated history of early modern experimental philosophy which challenges the rationalism and empiricism historiography that has dominated Anglophone history of philosophy for more than a century.

'The book is a must-read for both supporters and critics of [experimental and speculative philosophy]. It is also essential reading for students of early modernity researching the intricate relationship between philosophy and the sciences.' Laura Georgescu, Metascience

ISBN: 9781009015585

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm

Weight: 549g

378 pages