ISBN:
9781402033780
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 18
DDC:
610.92
Keywords:
Charleton, Walter
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Philosophy (General)
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Science History
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Genetic epistemology
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medicine Philosophy
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Medicine
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Physicians Biography
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History, 17th Century Biography
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Philosophy Biography History
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Biografie
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Charleton, Walter 1620-1707
Abstract:
Walter Charleton has been depicted as a natural philosopher whose intellectual career mirrored the intellectual ferment of the 'scientific revolution'. Examining three of his vernacular medical texts, this work considers his thoughts on anatomy, physiology and the methods by which he sought to understand the invisible processes of the body
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction; Rewriting Walter Charleton: Physick and Natural Philosophy; 'The Alembic of Our Pen': Charleton's Identity as a Physician; 'The Animal Oeconomy': Natural History (1659) in the Context of English Physiology; 'The Republick of Letters': Charleton's Identity in the Royal Society & College of Physicians; Enquiries Into Human Nature (1680): Charleton's Anatomy and Physiology After the Royal Society; Three Anatomic Lectures (1683): Ways of Knowing and the Anatomical Body; Conclusions
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/1-4020-3378-8
URL:
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