Cartesian Empiricisms

Cartesian Empiricisms considers the role Cartesians played in the acceptance of experiment in natural philosophy during the seventeenth century. It aims to correct a partial image of Cartesian philosophers as paradigmatic system builders who failed to mee

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Mihnea Dobre Tammy Nyden Editors

Cartesian Empiricisms

Cartesian Empiricisms

STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE VOLUME 31

General Editor: STEPHEN GAUKROGER, University of Sydney

Editorial Advisory Board: RACHEL ANKENY, University of Adelaide PETER ANSTEY, University of Otago, New Zealand STEVEN FRENCH, University of Leeds KOEN VERMEIR, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris OFER GAL, University of Sydney NICHOLAS RASMUSSEN, University of New South Wales CLEMENCY MONTELLE, University of Canterbury JOHN SCHUSTER, University of NSW/University of Sydney RICHARD YEO, Griffith University

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Mihnea Dobre • Tammy Nyden Editors

Cartesian Empiricisms

Editors Mihnea Dobre Faculty of Philosophy University of Bucharest Bucharest, Romania

Tammy Nyden Philosophy Department Grinnell College Grinnell, IA, USA

ISSN 0929-6425 ISBN 978-94-007-7689-0 ISBN 978-94-007-7690-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7690-6 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013956125 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Acknowledgments

This volume grew out of discussions during the Bucharest-Princeton Seminar in Earl