The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British Empiricism Logic and Epistemology in the British Isles (1570–1689)

This book is a radical reappraisal of the importance of Aristotelianism in Britain. Using a full range of manuscripts as well as printed sources, it provides an entirely new interpretation of the impact of the early-modern Aristotelian tradition upon the rise of British Empiricism, and reexamines th...

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Main Author: Sgarbi, Marco
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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