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This book offers a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative account of the natural philosophy and of the conception of the laws of nature by Francis Bacon, one of the leading English reformers of natural science and an inspirer of the Scientific Revolution. The first part of the book focuses on the concepts central to his natural philosophy which are keys to understanding his account of the laws of nature, including his account of the creation of the universe and the several great stages of nature, of necessity and chance in natural events, the theory of matter and motion, and his cosmology. The second part examines four types of entities that explain the regularity of nature and shows how they form a system. This part also addresses a full interpretation of his controversial concept of forms, the relation of Bacon's natural philosophy to his jurisprudence, provides a new insight into Bacon's approach of induction, and discusses the relation between his speculative philosophy and his method. It is argued that Bacon has a unique view of the laws of nature which can be seen as a transition from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance approaches to early modern views.Francis Bacon's Natural Philosophy and the Laws of Nature will be of special interest to Francis Bacon scholars, historians of Renaissance and early modern philosophy and science, historians of law, historians of theology, Renaissance scholars and early modern English studies scholars.

This book offers a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative account of the natural philosophy and of the conception of the laws of nature by Francis Bacon, one of the leading English reformers of natural science and an inspirer of the Scientific Revolution. The first part of the book focuses on the concepts central to his natural philosophy which are keys to understanding his account of the laws of nature, including his account of the creation of the universe and the several great stages of nature, of necessity and chance in natural events, the theory of matter and motion, and his cosmology. The second part examines four types of entities that explain the regularity of nature and shows how they form a system. This part also addresses a full interpretation of his controversial concept of forms, the relation of Bacon's natural philosophy to his jurisprudence, provides a new insight into Bacon's approach of induction, and discusses the relation between his speculative philosophy and his method. It is argued that Bacon has a unique view of the laws of nature which can be seen as a transition from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance approaches to early modern views.Francis Bacon's Natural Philosophy and the Laws of Nature will be of special interest to Francis Bacon scholars, historians of Renaissance and early modern philosophy and science, historians of law, historians of theology, Renaissance scholars and early modern English studies scholars.

This book offers a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative account of the natural philosophy and of the conception of the laws of nature by Francis Bacon, one of the leading English reformers of natural science and an inspirer of the Scientific Revolution. The first part of the book focuses on the concepts central to his natural philosophy which are keys to understanding his account of the laws of nature, including his account of the creation of the universe and the several great stages of nature, of necessity and chance in natural events, the theory of matter and motion, and his cosmology. The second part examines four types of entities that explain the regularity of nature and shows how they form a system. This part also addresses a full interpretation of his controversial concept of forms, the relation of Bacon’s natural philosophy to his jurisprudence, provides a new insight into Bacon’s approach of induction, and discusses the relation between his speculative philosophy and his method. It is argued that Bacon has a unique view of the laws of nature which can be seen as a transition from ancient, medieval, and Renaissance approaches to early modern views.Francis Bacon’s Natural Philosophy and the Laws of Nature will be of special interest to Francis Bacon scholars, historians of Renaissance and early modern philosophy and science, historians of law, historians of theology, Renaissance scholars and early modern English studies scholars.

Lady Margaret Cavendish fue, para sus contemporáneos, una figura profundamente incómoda. En el siglo XVII, su condición de mujer sin formación, sin conocimiento del latín —la lengua de la filosofía y la ciencia de su tiempo—, hacía inaceptable su pretensión de intervenir en el debate intelectual. Más aún: de hacerlo públicamente, con obras impresas, firmadas con su nombre. Su voluntad de dialogar con los pensadores varones, su rechazo a los protocolos cortesanos, su preferencia por la vida retirada en el campo y su singular estilo de vestir —que incluía trajes diseñados por ella misma— contribuyeron a consolidar una imagen de excentricidad.  Sin embargo, tal vez el mayor escándalo haya sido su aspiración explícita a la fama. En una época que exigía recato y modestia a las mujeres, Cavendish defendió sin ambages su deseo de trascendencia. Quiso, con plena conciencia, dejar una obra duradera: "Mi propia herencia, como si fueran un hijo de la naturaleza", escribió sobre sus libros. Este volumen se suma a los esfuerzos recientes por recuperar su legado filosófico. Con un estudio introductorio y una cuidadosa selección de textos y traducciones, Silvia Manzo nos invita a leer a Cavendish como la autora singular que fue y a contribuir a la construcción de ese "cuarto en la casa de la Fama" en el que ella misma deseó alojar su memoria.