Jan W. Wojcik

Robert Boyle and the Limits of Reason

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of Boyle's epistemology, revealing the theological context of his views on reason's limits.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9780521560290
• ISBN-10: 0521560292
• Artikelnr.: 31796394

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Robert Boyle as lay theologian
Part I: 1. Things above reason
2. The threat of Socinianism
3. Predestination
4. Theology and the limits of reason
Part II: 5. Philosophies of nature and their theological implications
6. Sources of knowledge
7. The limits of reason and knowledge of nature
8. Boyle's voluntarism and the limits of reason
Conclusion.