Observations upon Experimental Philosophy

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Observations upon Experimental Philosophy is a 1666 philosophical treatise by Margaret Cavendish that critiques emerging experimental science and advocates her own speculative natural philosophy.

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instanceOf book
philosophical treatise
work of philosophy
advocates rationalist approach to nature
speculative natural philosophy
author Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
surface form: Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
centuryOfPublication 17th century
countryOfOrigin England
criticizes mechanical philosophy
microscopy
telescopic observation
critiques Royal Society-style experimental science
emerging experimental philosophy of the 17th century
reliance on sense perception in science
genre early modern philosophy
natural philosophy
philosophy of science
hasPart account of a self-moving material world
critique of experimental instruments
discussion of motion and matter
discussion of sense and reason
hasReception recognized as a major work in early modern philosophy of science
studied in history of women’s writing and philosophy
historicalContext Scientific Revolution
historicalPeriod Early Modern period
influencedBy Aristotelian natural philosophy
mechanical philosophy (as a target of critique)
language English
mainSubject epistemology
experimental philosophy
metaphysics
natural philosophy
scientific method
notableFor articulation of a fully material, self-moving universe
defense of speculative reasoning in natural philosophy
early feminist contribution to philosophy of science
systematic critique of the Royal Society’s experimental program
philosophicalPosition materialist monism
vitalist materialism
philosophicalTheme limits of empirical observation
nature of scientific knowledge
relationship between imagination and science
status of experimental evidence
publicationPlace London, England
surface form: London
publicationYear 1666
publishedTogetherWith The Blazing World
relatedWork The Blazing World

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