The Progress of Scotland and the Experimental Method

In James Maclaurin (ed.), Rationis Defensor: Essays in Honour of Colin Cheyne. Springer. pp. 111-124 (2012)
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This paper looks into two Scottish Philosophical Societies of the Eighteenth century: The Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, and the Select Society of Edinburgh. I intend to show that they were planned, constructed, and carried out according to the experimental method of natural philosophy, and that it was this factor that enhanced the influence they had in the development of the country. An examination of the minute books, discourses, abstracts and question lists of these societies will provide enough evidence to support the claim that experimental philosophy and its method were the decisive factors for the developing and huge success of these societies.

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Juan Manuel Gomez Paris
University of Otago (PhD)

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