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Margaret Cavendish And Scientific Discourse In Seventeenth-Century England, Alisa Curtis Bolander
Margaret Cavendish And Scientific Discourse In Seventeenth-Century England, Alisa Curtis Bolander
Theses and Dissertations
Although the natural philosophy of Margaret Cavendish is eclectic and uncustomary, it offers an important critique of contemporary scientific methods, especially mechanism and experimentalism. As presented in Observations upon Experimental Philosophy and Blazing World, Cavendish's natural philosophy incorporates rationalistic and subjective elements, urging contemporary natural philosophers to recognize that pure objectivity is unattainable through any method of inquiry and that reason is essential in making sense and use of scientific observation.
In addition to its scientific implications, Cavendish's three-tiered model of matter presents interesting sociopolitical associations. Through her own use of metaphor and her theoretical fusion of matter and motion, …
Mary Shelley, Romantic-Era Women, And Frankenstein's Genesis, Jan Wellington
Mary Shelley, Romantic-Era Women, And Frankenstein's Genesis, Jan Wellington
Jan Wellington
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A Review Of "Dido’S Daughters: Literacy, Gender, And Empire In Early Modern England And France" By Margaret W. Ferguson, Julie Campbell
A Review Of "Dido’S Daughters: Literacy, Gender, And Empire In Early Modern England And France" By Margaret W. Ferguson, Julie Campbell
Julie Campbell
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A Review Of "Dido’S Daughters: Literacy, Gender, And Empire In Early Modern England And France" By Margaret W. Ferguson, Julie Campbell
A Review Of "Dido’S Daughters: Literacy, Gender, And Empire In Early Modern England And France" By Margaret W. Ferguson, Julie Campbell
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A Review Of "Dido’S Daughters: Literacy, Gender, And Empire In Early Modern England And France" By Margaret W. Ferguson, Julie Campbell
A Review Of "Dido’S Daughters: Literacy, Gender, And Empire In Early Modern England And France" By Margaret W. Ferguson, Julie Campbell
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
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