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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Observations upon Experimental Philosophy canonical 4

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
work of philosophy ⓘ
advocates rationalist approach to nature ⓘ
speculative natural philosophy ⓘ
author 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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publicationYear 1666 ⓘ
publishedTogetherWith The Blazing World ⓘ
relatedWork The Blazing World ⓘ

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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne → notableWork → Observations upon Experimental Philosophy ⓘ
The Blazing World → relatedWork → Observations upon Experimental Philosophy ⓘ
Philosophical and Physical Opinions → relatedWork → Observations upon Experimental Philosophy ⓘ
Margaret Lucas → notableWork → Observations upon Experimental Philosophy ⓘ