Robert Boyle (1627 to 1691), born at Lismore Castle in Ireland but resident in England for most of his adult life, is best known today as the father of chemistry and has also emerged as a significant figure in early modern philosophy. His philosophical contributions lie in matter theory, the theory of material qualities, the critique of the scholastic theory of forms and the philosophy of experiment. His approach to nature was strongly influenced by Francis Bacon, and from the mid-1650s he took part in the Oxford Philosophical Club and did experimental work in pneumatics, hydrostatics, chymistry and animal physiology. He also wrote on ethics and natural theology, pioneered the experimental report as a literary genre, and coined terms including corpuscularian and secondary quality.
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was an Anglo-Irish philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Early Modern Philosophy and Empiricism
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Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
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Like many sons of leading aristocrats, he was sent on a grand tour during his teens
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has, since the early 1990s, emerged as a significant figure in early modern philosophy
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Boyle was born at Lismore Castle in Ireland but spent most of his adult life in England
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Boyle was born at Lismore Castle in Ireland but spent most of his adult life in England
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His key philosophical contributions were to early modern matter theory, the theory of material qualities, the critique of the scholastic theory of forms and the philosophy of experiment
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has, since the early 1990s, emerged as a significant figure in early modern philosophy
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Boyle’s approach to the study of nature was strongly influenced by the writings of Francis Bacon
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the philosophy of experiment
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