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Natural Philosophy and Natural Logic
1. Nature has its own logic, which does not follow the human will. Nature is itself; it exists, moves, changes, and evolves according to its own intrinsic ways. Human and human society, as a product of a specific stage of natural development, can only be
Kun Wu, Zhensong Wang
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"Hypotheses fingimus": Cartesian Natural Philosophy
In this paper, I would like to present the methodological views of two representatives of the early modern Cartesian school: Jacques Rohault and Pierre-Sylvain Régis. Firstly, I want to present the methodological objections of Cartesians to Aristotelian
Daniel Špelda
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Theology and natural philosophy in late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Britain [PDF]
A number of historians of science have claimed that the early Boyle Sermons provided a platform for the promotion of a moderate-Anglican social and political ideology underpinned by Newtonian natural philosophy.
Kenny, Christopher Joseph
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Political Philosophy as Practical Philosophy: A response to "Political Realism" [PDF]
First paragraph: From where should political philosophy take its normative orientation? According to self‐described “political realists,” political philosophy is not oriented by ordinary moral reasoning about values and obligations, but must take its ...
Hope, Simon James, Simon Hope
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Arvi Grotenfelt and neo-Kantian philosophy of history [PDF]
The paper discusses Arvi Grotenfelt's (1863-1941), professor of philosophy in Helsinki 1905-29, reading of Heinrich Rickert's (1863-1936) philosophy of history. Rickert was one of the key figures of the so-called south-west German neo-Kantianism.
Lauri Kallio
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Philosophy of Materialism and Philosophy of Naturalism
This article looks at the historical materialism approach of Karl Max and naturalism according to J.J Rousseau. Materialism is an understanding that only relies on material that does not believe in what is behind the unseen world. Not believing in the unseen world means not believing in the existence of a power that controls the universe and that ...
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Perspectives on Natural Philosophy
This paper presents a viewpoint on natural philosophy focusing on the organization of substance, as well as its changes as invited by the Second Law of thermodynamics.
Stanley N. Salthe
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The development of mechanics and engineering design and machine theory since the rennaissance [PDF]
The history of science and mechanics is confronted by two interconnected problems: a critical accumulation and systematization of historical information about the subject of study, and the relationship between events and the laws of their development.The
Chondros Thomas G.
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Teaching natural philosophy and mathematics at Oxford and Cambridge 1500-1570 [PDF]
The syllabus in natural philosophy and mathematics was radically changed in the course of the sixteenth century with new subjects, textbooks and methods introduced. Education became more practical and less dependent on medieval antecedents.
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Natural Equality and Natural Law in Locke’s Two Treatises [PDF]
This chapter discusses John Locke’s account of natural equality as presented in his Two Treatises of Government. Together with its sister concept natural liberty, natural equality is often associated with the idea of Locke as an early representative of ...
Saastamoinen, Kari, Kari Saastamoinen
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