Observations upon experimental philosophymargaretcavendish, duchess of newcastle. Margaret cavendishs 1668 edition of observations upon experimental philosophy, presented here in its first modern edition, holds a unique position in early modern philosophy. Cavendish is also the subject of a new volume in routledges arguments of the philosophers series cunning. Cavendishs prose tale was published in 1666 and was republished with observations upon experimental philosophy in 1668. The natural philosophy of margaret cavendish serves as a guide to the unusual and complex philosophy of one of the seventeenth centurys most intriguing minds. Observations upon experimental philosophy edited by eileen oneill frontmatter. Marshalls introduction provides a helpful overview of themes in cavendishs natural philosophy, and the footnotes contain useful background information about some of the texts and. This site actually provides you ease of exactly how to obtain the very best book, from ideal seller to the. Between nature and art the alchemical underpinnings of. Cavendish rejects the aristotelianism which was taught in the universities in the seventeenth century, and the picture of nature as a grand machine which was propounded by hobbes. Editions for observations upon experimental philosophy. This present description of a new world, was made as an appendix to my observations upon experimental philosophy.
Margaret cavendish, a seventeenthcentury philosopher, scientist, poet, playwright, and novelist, went to battle with the great thinkers of her time, and in many cases arguably got the better of them, but she did not have the platform that she would have had in the twentyfirst century. Margaret cavendish, the last natural philosopher justin begley university college. It is fair to say that the new it person in early modern philosophy is margaret cavendish. An excellent account of cavendish s mature thought, in what is arguably her greatest work. Observations upon experimental philosophy was published in 1666 and then republished in 1668. She took a creative and systematic stand on the major questions of philosophy of mind. Observations upon experimental philosophy cambridge texts. The blazing world by margaret cavendish, free ebook. In a startling moment past the midpoint of a new world, called the blazing world, margaret cavendish, its presumptive narrator and unquestioned author, appears in the text as a. Observations upon experimental philosophy by margaret.
Observations upon experimental philosophy cambridge texts in the history of philosophy kindle edition by cavendish, margaret, oneill, eileen. Margaret cavendishs observations upon experimental philosophy holds a unique position in early modern philosophy. So shes triply excluded from the textbook narrative. The publication in 1665 of robert hookes micrographia was immediately hailed as one of the leading contributions to the development of modern science, but was not welcomed universally. The description of a new world, called the blazing world, selfpublished by margaret cavendish, duchess of newcastle, in 1666 is the first sciencefiction novel to have been written and published by a woman, writes sara h. By downloading this soft data book margaret cavendish. Observations upon experimental philosophy assets cambridge. It features a young woman who enters a new world via the north pole, and subsequently organises an invasion back into her own world. Cavendish rejects the aristotelianism which was taught in the universities in the seventeenth century, and the picture of nature as a grand machine which was propounded.
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An introduction to margaret cavendish, or why you should. The work of the seventeenthcentury author margaret cavendish has recently seen increased interest from historians of philosophy. Reviewed by karen detlefsen, university of pennsylvania. This paper investigates margaret cavendishs characterization of experimental philosophers as hybrids of bears and men in her 1666 story the description of a. That means that anne maxwell, the printer for observations and all of cavendishs later work, became a printer in a time when women themselves were gaining more apparent opportunities in. This is the only known work of utopian fiction by a woman in the 17th century, and was originally published as a companion piece to cavendishs observations upon experimental philosophy.
Abridged, with related texts, edited by eugene marshall. Observations upon experimental philosophy, abridged by. The description of a new world, called the blazing world 1666. Tritten bythetbricenobleiiluftrious,andexcellmt princesse, t h e duchefs of newcaflle l 0 n p 0 n, i primed by a. Cavendish rejects the picture of nature as a grand machine that was propounded by hobbes and descartes.
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