The natural philosophy of Margaret Cavendish : reason and fancy during the scientific revolution

The natural philosophy of Margaret Cavendish reason and fancy during the scientific revolution

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, led a remarkable-and controversial-life, writing poetry and prose and philosophizing on the natural world at a time when women were denied any means of a formal education. Lisa T. Sarasohn acutely examines the brilliant work of this untrained mind and explor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Sarasohn, Lisa T., 1950- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press 2010
Colección:The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 128th ser., (2010)
Materias:
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, > Duchess of, > 1624?-1674 > Crítica e interpretación.
Ciencia > Filosofía > Historia > s. XVII.
Feminismo y ciencia > Inglaterra > Historia > s. XVII
Filosofía de la naturaleza > Historia > s. XVII.
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991011543934608016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gender, nature, and natural philosophy
  • A wonderful natural philosopher
  • Cavendish's early atomism
  • The life of matter
  • The imaginative universe of natures pictures
  • The politics of matter
  • The challenge of immaterial matter
  • Cavendish against the experimenters
  • Material regenerations
  • Does Cavendish matter?

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