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II. BACON: NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, THE GREAT MOTHER OF THE SCIENCES

© 2020 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2020 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. Contents xi
  4. I. THE IDEAL OF UNITY 1
  5. II. BACON: NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, THE GREAT MOTHER OF THE SCIENCES 24
  6. III. DESCARTES: THE PROJECT OF A UNIVERSAL SCIENCE 46
  7. IV. LEIBNIZ: THE DEMONSTRATIVE ENCYCLOPAEDIA 69
  8. V. CONDILLAC: THE ABRIDGEMENT OF ALL KNOWLEDGE IN “THE SAME IS THE SAME” 89
  9. VI. DIDEROT AND D’ALEMBERT: THE ASSAULT ON “L’ESPRIT DE SYSTÈME” 107
  10. VII. KANT: THE “CONCEPTUS COSMICUS” OF PHILOSOPHY 123
  11. Appendix. Descartes on Metaphysics as Science of the Principles of Knowledge 144
  12. Index 147
The Problem of the Unity of the Sciences
This chapter is in the book The Problem of the Unity of the Sciences
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487586126-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. Contents xi
  4. I. THE IDEAL OF UNITY 1
  5. II. BACON: NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, THE GREAT MOTHER OF THE SCIENCES 24
  6. III. DESCARTES: THE PROJECT OF A UNIVERSAL SCIENCE 46
  7. IV. LEIBNIZ: THE DEMONSTRATIVE ENCYCLOPAEDIA 69
  8. V. CONDILLAC: THE ABRIDGEMENT OF ALL KNOWLEDGE IN “THE SAME IS THE SAME” 89
  9. VI. DIDEROT AND D’ALEMBERT: THE ASSAULT ON “L’ESPRIT DE SYSTÈME” 107
  10. VII. KANT: THE “CONCEPTUS COSMICUS” OF PHILOSOPHY 123
  11. Appendix. Descartes on Metaphysics as Science of the Principles of Knowledge 144
  12. Index 147
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