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 that transcended reason--the incomprehensible, the inexplicable, and the unsociable--affected his conception of what a natural philosopher could hope to know. Also detailed is Boyle's belief that God deliberately limited the human intellect in order to reserve a full knowledge of both theology and natural philosophy for the afterlife.
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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 reasonothe incomprehensible, the inexplicable, and the unsociableoaffected his conception of what a natural philosopher could hope to know.
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When confronted with the charge that the doctrine of Christ's Incarnation was irrational, the African Church Father Tertullian (c. 160-c. 220) cheerfully responded, "And the Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed, because it is absurd. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
things above reason, religionis libertate, plastick nature, hylarchic principle, corpuscular hypothesis, finite human understanding, conditional predestination, theological rationalist, finite human reason, theological voluntarism, alchemical pursuits, tria prima, corpuscular philosophy, mechanical hypothesis, theological example, absolute predestination, theological rationalism, infinite understanding, new natural philosophy, mechanical philosophy, scriptural revelation, substantial forms, salvation process Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Robert Boyle, Cambridge University Press, Henry More, Boyle Papers, New York, Michael Hunter, Cambridge Platonists, Seraphic Love, Racovian Catechism, Theological Distinction, Middle Ages, Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy, Jesus Christ, John Owen, Seasonable Recommendation, High Veneration, Joseph Glanvill, Brevis Disquisitio, Boyle's Things, Princeton University Press, Richard Baxter, Roman Catholic, Thomas Aquinas, History of Christian Philosophy, John Biddle New!
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When confronted with the charge that the doctrine of Christ's Incarnation was irrational, the African Church Father Tertullian (c. 160-c. 220) cheerfully responded, "And the Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed, because it is absurd. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
things above reason, religionis libertate, plastick nature, hylarchic principle, corpuscular hypothesis, finite human understanding, conditional predestination, theological rationalist, finite human reason, theological voluntarism, alchemical pursuits, tria prima, corpuscular philosophy, mechanical hypothesis, theological example, absolute predestination, theological rationalism, infinite understanding, new natural philosophy, mechanical philosophy, scriptural revelation, substantial forms, salvation process Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Robert Boyle, Cambridge University Press, Henry More, Boyle Papers, New York, Michael Hunter, Cambridge Platonists, Seraphic Love, Racovian Catechism, Theological Distinction, Middle Ages, Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy, Jesus Christ, John Owen, Seasonable Recommendation, High Veneration, Joseph Glanvill, Brevis Disquisitio, Boyle's Things, Princeton University Press, Richard Baxter, Roman Catholic, Thomas Aquinas, History of Christian Philosophy, John Biddle New!
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- The Diffident Naturalist: Robert Boyle and the Philosophy of Experiment (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) by Rose-Mary Sargent on 6 pages
- Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life by Steven Shapin on 6 pages
- Robert Boyle and the English Revolution: A Study in Social and Intellectual Change (Studies in the History of Science) by James R. Jacob on 5 pages
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- A Culture of Fact: England, 1550-1720 by Barbara J. Shapiro on 4 pages
- The Diffident Naturalist: Robert Boyle and the Philosophy of Experiment (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) by Rose-Mary Sargent in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Making Science Social: The Conferences of Theophraste Renaudot, 1633-1642 (Series for Science and Culture) by Kathleen Wellman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- When Science and Christianity Meet by David C. Lindberg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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