Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Notes on Text
Abbreviations
Introduction, Jan-Erik Jones (Southern Virginia University, USA)
1. Boyle’s Baconianism, Harriet Knight (University College London, UK)
2. Boyle’s Influence on Locke, Peter R. Anstey (University of Sydney, Australia)
3. Boyle’s Chemistry, Antonio Clericuzio (Roma Tre University, Italy)
4. Boyle’s Epistemology: The Interaction Between Scientific and Religious Knowledge, J.J. MacIntosh (University of Calgary, Canada)
5. Boyle on Explanation and Causality’, Laurence Carlin (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA)
6. Boyle on Qualities, Laura S. Keating (City University of New York, USA)
7. Boyle’s Natural Kind Realism’, Jan-Erik Jones (Southern Virginia University, USA)
8. Boyle’s Moral Philosophy’, Sorana Corneanu (University of Bucharest, Romania)
9. Boyle’s Philosophy of Religion’, Edward B. Davis (Messiah College, USA)
10. Boyle on the Application of Science’, Michael Hunter (Birkbeck University of London, UK)
Index

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The first complete picture of Robert Boyle and his philosophical contributions, covering the wide array of philosophical topics he addressed during his lifetime.

About the Author

Jan-Erik Jones is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Virginia University, USA.

Reviews

The scholarship of the last few decades … has illuminated the wider range of both his writings and his influence, a development in which the contributors to the current volume played no small part … A valuable contribution to 17th-century studies. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
*CHOICE*

This is the first collection to provide comprehensive treatment of Boyle’s highly influential writings. Scholars in various disciplines will find it informative and useful. Highly recommended.
*Alan Nelson, Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, U.S.A.*

This welcome volume expertly discusses the many facets of Boyle’s work as a natural philosopher and as a systematic philosopher. Both topics and contributors are judiciously chosen. The result is a much-needed contribution to the Boyle literature, which will be helpful to any serious student or scholar of the early modern period.
*Lisa Downing, Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Ohio State University, USA*