As a science, psychology embraces the value of objectivity. An objective observation is one
that is (a) based upon publically observable phenomena (ie, overt behavior);(b) unbiased, in …

Unlike Descartes, Francis Bacon never wanted to cast aside traditional philosophy in order
to mark new beginnings for the intellectual enterprise. He was as much a historian as an …

The purpose of this introductory essay is to situate some of the major questions relating to
Bacon's legacy and various forms of early modern Baconianism (s) in the wider context of …

The purpose of this paper is to offer a preliminary survey of one of the most widely discussed
problems in Bacon's studies: the problem of the interplay between the speculative (ie …

This paper aims to achieve a better understanding of Robert Boyle as one of the main
figures in seventeenth century chemistry. Focusing on his correspondence, we try to analyse …

Seventeenth-century England teemed with speculation on body and its relation to soul.
Descartes' dualist certainty was countered by materialisms, whether mechanist or vitalist …

Sociologists have long been taken by certain pithy expressions from the founders of the
discipline. We propose here both a new explanation for the endurance of these statements …

PHILOSOPHIES OF RETRIBUTION: KYD, SHAKESPEARE, WEBSTER AND THE REVENGE
TRAGEDY GENRE by CHRISTOPHER JAMES CROSBIE A Dissertation Page 1 …

The history of vocational education parallels the efforts of humanity from the Stone Age to
modern civilization. Humans learned early in history that they could improve their lot by …

For millennia, traditional universal history–a genre of history that aims to collect the history of
the entire universe into one universal narrative–had derived its narrative universality from its …