Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy And Science: Atomism for EmpiricistsThis look at Gassendi's philosophy and science illuminates his contributions to early modern thought and to the broader history of philosophy of science. Two keys to his thought are his novel picture of acquiring and judging empirical belief, and his liberal account of criteria for counting empirical beliefs as parts of warranted physical theories. By viewing his philosophical and scientific pursuits as part of one and the same project, Gassendi's arguments on behalf of atomism can be fruitfully explained as licensed by his empiricism. |
Contents
BassesAlpes Priest Provençal Scientist | 1 |
OF EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE | 19 |
Cautious License | 43 |
Chapter Three Empiricist Epistemic Warrant and Probabilist | 55 |
The Regressus | 89 |
Gassendis | 123 |
Chapter Six A Method of Hypotheses and Hypothetical | 149 |
From Ancient Atomist | 191 |
Chapter Nine Ultimate Particles and Essential Features | 213 |
Chapter Ten Atomic Motion Causal Role and Internal | 247 |
Impetus | 287 |
Hypothesis | 313 |
Chapter Twelve Atomism the Mechanical Philosophy | 321 |
PART IV | 378 |
| 384 | |
Corpuscularianism Chapter Eight The Mechanical Philosophy | 205 |
Other editions - View all
Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy and Science: Atomism for Empiricists Saul Fisher No preview available - 2005 |
Common terms and phrases
accept aggregates ancient appearances argument Aristotelian Aristotle atomic motion atomist barometry bodies Cambridge University Press cartesian causal cause chapter classical cognitive concept constitute context corpuscles corpuscular corpuscularian criterion Democritean Democritus Descartes Descartes’s distinctive early modern elements empirical beliefs empirical knowledge empiricism empiricist entails Epicurean Epicurus epistemic Epistemology evidence example experience explain explanatory force further Galileo Gassendi proposes Gassendi's view given hypotheses ical ideas identify images indicative signs induction inductive reasoning inertial Institutio judgments justified least Lucretius macro-level macro-sized objects magnetic matter theory mechanical philosophy mercury metaphysical method move nature non-evident Oxford Paracelsan Paris particles particular perceive perception perspective phenomena Philosophy of Science physical Pierre Gassendi possible principle probabilistic problem properties propositions q.v. O I qualities reasoning regressus Scholastic scientific senses sensory Sextus Empiricus sign-based inference Skeptics sort Stoics strategy structure syllogism Syntagma things tion trans true truth viable void warrant yield