Experiment, Speculation and Religion in Early Modern Philosophy

Taylor & Francis

Experiment, Speculation and Religion in Early Modern PhilosophyAuthor(s): Alberto Vanzo, Peter R. Anstey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367077396, 978-0367077396\nSynopsis\nExperimental philosophy was an exciting and extraordinarily successful development in the study of nature in the seventeenth century. Yet experimental philosophy was not without its critics and was far from the only natural philosophical method on the scene. In particular, experimental philosophy was contrasted with and set against speculative philosophy and, in some quarters, was accused of tending to irreligion. This volume brings together ten scholars of early modern philosophy, history and science in order to shed new light on the complex relations between experiment, speculation and religion in early modern Europe.\n\nThe first six chapters of the book focus on the respective roles of experimental and speculative philosophy in individua.