Benedictus Spinoza Part 3 ; Radical Enlightenment

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Spinoza’s conflicts with contemporary scientists like Boyle and Huygens center on Spinoza’s insistence on the primacy of philosophical reason over empirical experimentation and empirical reasoning. Spinoza’s argument against Boyle’s experiments are presented. Jonathon Israel highlights the influence of Spinoza by showing that much of the Boyle’s later work, on reconciling science with religion, is a reaction to Spinoza. ...