The Sceptical Chymist
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The Sceptical Chymist is a 1661 scientific work by Robert Boyle that challenged traditional alchemy and helped lay the foundations of modern chemistry by proposing a corpuscular theory of matter.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sceptical Chymist canonical | 5 |
| The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes | 1 |
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Target entity: The Sceptical Chymist Context triple: [Robert Boyle, knownFor, The Sceptical Chymist]
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
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D.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
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The Zetetic
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Sceptical Chymist Target entity description: The Sceptical Chymist is a 1661 scientific work by Robert Boyle that challenged traditional alchemy and helped lay the foundations of modern chemistry by proposing a corpuscular theory of matter.
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A.
Novum Organum
Novum Organum is a foundational philosophical work by Francis Bacon that introduced a new empirical method of scientific inquiry and helped shape the course of the Scientific Revolution.
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B.
Opticks
Opticks is Isaac Newton’s influential 1704 treatise that systematically explores the nature of light and color through experiments with prisms and lenses.
-
C.
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is Galileo Galilei’s influential 1632 work that presents and defends the Copernican heliocentric model through a comparative dialogue of astronomical theories.
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D.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
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E.
The Zetetic
The Zetetic was the original title of the magazine now known as Skeptical Inquirer, an early publication devoted to critical examination of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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scientific work ⓘ |
| advocates |
experimental method in chemistry
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mechanical philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Robert Boyle ⓘ |
| bibliographicCategory | 17th-century scientific book ⓘ |
| challenges |
Aristotelian theory of elements
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Paracelsian tria prima theory ⓘ traditional alchemy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticizes |
four-element theory
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three-principle theory ⓘ |
| field | natural philosophy ⓘ |
| firstEditionYear | 1661 ⓘ |
| format | prose dialogue ⓘ |
| fullTitle |
The Sceptical Chymist
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes
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| genre |
natural philosophy
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
history of science
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later chemists ⓘ |
| hasPart | dialogue between fictional interlocutors ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic of chemical literature ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of authority in science
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importance of experiment over speculation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Scientific Revolution ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern chemistry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | early modern chemistry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early statement of corpuscularianism
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foundational role in chemistry ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance | empiricism ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| proposes | corpuscular theory of matter ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1661 ⓘ |
| publisher | J. Cadwell ⓘ |
| questions |
composition of bodies
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nature of elements ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Royal Society intellectual context
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history of alchemy ⓘ |
| subject |
alchemy
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chemistry ⓘ corpuscular theory of matter ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
experimental evidence
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reasoned dialogue ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Robert Boyle ⓘ |
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