Modern natural philosophy

Francis Bacon is one of the typical representatives of Western European materialism as well as among the most important and influential philosophers who made substantial contributions towards natural philosophy and the field of scientific methodology in the early modern era.

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Part 1 of ebook "Quantum field theory II: Quantum electrodynamics" provide readers with content about: mathematical principles of modern natural philosophy; the basic strategy of extracting finite information from infinities – ariadne’s thread in renormalization theory; the power of combinatorics; the strategy of equivalence classes in mathematics; basic ideas in classical mechanics;...

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In this little book the attempt has been to trace Greek History so as to be intelligible to young children. In fact, it will generally be found that classical history is remembered at an earlier age than modern history, probably because the events are simple, and there was something childlike in the nature of all the ancient Greeks. I would begin a child's reading with the History of England, as that which requires to be known best; but from this I should think it better to pass to the History of Greece, and that of Rome (which is in course of preparation), both because of...

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For a thousand years after the schools of Athens were closed by Justinian philosophy made no real advance; no essentially new ideas about the constitution of nature, the workings of mind, or the ends of life were put forward. It would be false to say that during this period no progress was made. The civilisation of the Roman Empire was extended far beyond its ancient frontiers; and, although much ground was lost in Asia and Africa, more than the equivalent was gained in Northern Europe.

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PHILOSOPHY.--The aim of philosophy is to seek the explanation of all things: the quest is for the first causes of everything, and also how all things are, and finally why, with what design, with a view to what, things are. That is why, taking "principle" in all the senses of the word, it has been called the science of first principles. Philosophy has always existed. Religions--all religions--are philosophies. They are indeed the most complete. But, apart from religions, men have sought the causes and principles of everything and endeavoured to acquire general ideas.

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THE first two books of Aristotle's Physics do not deal with problems in what we today call physics: Aristotle's own titles for them were probably ,Qoncirjujjg_prindpks' and 'Concerning nature' (Ross,pp. 1-6), andhe^ntesjsaphilosopher, not as a scientist. Nevertheless, Phys. II, at least, seems to be addressed to the sdentifi^jtudjntjof_nature_(the phusikos: 194*16, bio, i98a2a), and both books may, perhaps, most aptly be classified as philosophy of science.

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The regular course was taken for two purposes: to allow him the right to practice unmolested, and, as he declared, that he might the more clearly “detect errors of the modern practice.” Armed with the certificate of right to practice and of good moral character, he set out to follow his chosen art, but not in the regular way. He leaned strongly toward the use of vegetable medicines as against what were then termed mineral medicines. In order to pursue his calling and also to spread abroad his views and practice, he opened a clinical school known as the United...

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At the beginning of the 19th century the description of matter attained, what one would call today, a scientific basis. Dalton1 supported the atomic theory with experiments permitting the development of modern chemistry. The book “A New System of Chemical Philosophy,” describes this new approach. In Fig. 1.1, an excerpt is displayed. Chapters I and II give a summary of the contemporary understanding of nature by analyzing heat and mass, the two basic building-blocks of any material. Chapter I displays the theory of the caloric as it was generally...

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When I saw the plans, my immediate impression was.... unbelievable. I thought this can’t be The Cotswolds. It must be California or Switzerland or anywhere else on the globe where good, modern architecture seems to happen naturally. But I was wrong. It is believable and it’s really happening in Gloucestershire. Masterpiece architecture is exciting enough wherever it is built, but there’s something extraordinary here.We are in the deeply conservative English countryside.

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