Experimental philosophy and the birth of empirical science : Boyle, Locke, and Newton / Michael Ben-Chaim.

Aldershot : Ashgate, [2004], ©2004.

222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Introduction : the historical sociology of scientific explanations -- The break with the philosophical discourse on nature : the discovery of electrical conductivity -- Explanation and experimentation transformed : Newton's studies of spectral colors -- The public transaction of Newton's optical research -- Remodeling human understanding : Locke's laboratory of the mind -- Locke's doctrine of the faithful mind -- Experimental philosophy : the gospel according to Boyle -- Science as an institution of human understanding : conclusions.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-219) and index.