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2.3 Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton

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Part 2.3. An introduction to Robert Boyle's theory of corpuscularianism and Isaac Newton's ideas on mathematics and the universe.

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2.2 Thomas Hobbes: The Monster of Malmesbury

Part 2.2. A brief introduction to Thomas Hobbes, 'The Monster of Malmsbury', his views on a mechanistic universe, his strong ideas on determinism and his pessimistic view of human nature: 'The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short'.
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2.4 John Locke

Part 2.4. Introduction to the philosophy of John Locke, 'England's first Empiricist', he also gives a very simplistic definition of Empiricism; we obtain knowledge through experience of the world, through sensory data (what we see, hear, etc).
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Series
General Philosophy
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Peter Millican
Keywords
newton
corpuscularian
corpuscles
science
philosophy
gravity
atoms
mathematics
Physics
boyle
Department: Faculty of Philosophy
Date Added: 16/03/2010
Duration: 00:13:58

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