Robert Boyle and John Locke: corpuscular hypothesis and experimental philisophy

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Autor(a) principal: Zaterka, Luciana
Data de Publicação: 2008
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Circumscribere
Texto Completo: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/562
Resumo: This paper aims at showing that F. Bacon and R. Boyle's English experimental philosophy, particulatly the corpuscular philosophy of the latter, was essential to the construction of J. Locke's experimental philosophy. It will be shown that according to author of the Essay on Human Understanding we can only reach the knowledge of some of the propertirs of the bodies through the effects they have on us, without us ever being able to know the ultimate substance they are made of. These issues may help us explain the meanining of the notion of matter for 17th English philosophy, with its importat distinction between primary and secondary qualities and, moreover, the proposal to constitute an experimental science in Boyle and Lockes's philosophies.
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spelling Robert Boyle and John Locke: corpuscular hypothesis and experimental philisophyRobert Boyle y John Locke: hipótesis corpuscular y filosofía experimentalRobert Boyle e John Locke: hipótese corpuscular e filosofia experimentalThis paper aims at showing that F. Bacon and R. Boyle's English experimental philosophy, particulatly the corpuscular philosophy of the latter, was essential to the construction of J. Locke's experimental philosophy. It will be shown that according to author of the Essay on Human Understanding we can only reach the knowledge of some of the propertirs of the bodies through the effects they have on us, without us ever being able to know the ultimate substance they are made of. These issues may help us explain the meanining of the notion of matter for 17th English philosophy, with its importat distinction between primary and secondary qualities and, moreover, the proposal to constitute an experimental science in Boyle and Lockes's philosophies.Este artículo busca mostrar que la filosofía experimental inglesa de F. Bacon y R. Boyle, particularmente la hipótesis corpuscular de la materia del último, tuvo importancia fundamental en la construcción de la filosofía experimental de J. Locke. Veremos que para el autor del Ensayo sobre el Entendimiento Humano, sólo podemos obtener conocimiento de algunas propiedades de los cuerpos mediante los efectos que estos producen en nosotros, sin que podamos conocer la sustancia última de la que están formados. Estas cuestiones puden ayudarnos a clarificar el significado de la noción de materia para la flosofía inglesa seiscientista, con su importante distinción entre cualidades primarias y secundarias y, también, la propuesta de constituir una ciencia experimental en la filosofía de Boyle y Locke.O presente artigo pretende mostrar que a filosofia experimental inglesa de F. Bacon e R. Boyle, particularmente a hipótese corpuscular da matéria deste último, teve importância fundamental para a construção da filosofia experimental de J. Locke. Veremos que para o autor do Ensaio sobre o Entendimento Humano só podemos atingir o conhecimento de algumas propriedades dos corpos por meio des efeitos que estes produzem em nós, sem que venhamos conhecer a substância última de que são formados. Tais questões poderão nos auxiliar a esclarecer o significado da noção de matéria para a filosofia inglesa seiscentista, com sua importante distinção entre qualidades primárias e secundárias e, ainda, a proposição da constituição de uma ciência experimental nos empreendimentos filosóficos de Boyle e Locke.Centro Simão Mathias de Estudos em História da Ciência2008-03-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionHistorical Inquiryapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/562Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; Vol. 1 (2006); 58-66Circumscribere International Journal for the History of Science; v. 1 (2006); 58-661980-7651reponame:Circumscribereinstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)instacron:PUC_SPenghttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/article/view/562/1005Zaterka, Lucianainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2017-10-25T00:20:34Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/562Revistahttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhcPRIhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/circumhc/oai||circumhc@pucsp.br1980-76511980-7651opendoar:2017-10-25T00:20:34Circumscribere - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)false
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