Robert Boyle and the Limits of Reason (Paperback, Revised)

In this study of Robert Boyle's epistemology, Jan W. Wojcik reveals the theological context within which Boyle developed his views on reason's limits. After arguing that a correct interpretation of his views on 'things above reason' depends upon reading his works in the context of theological controversies in seventeenth-century England, Professor Wojcik details exactly how Boyle's three specific categories of things which transcend reason - the incomprehensible, the inexplicable, and the unsociable - affected his conception of what a natural philosopher could hope to know. Also covered in detail is Boyle's belief that God had deliberately limited the human intellect in order to reserve a full knowledge of both theology and natural philosophy for the afterlife.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2002
First published:	1997
Authors:	Jan W. Wojcik
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	264
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-52522-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
LSN:	0-521-52522-5
Barcode:	9780521525220

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