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Vanzo, Alberto (2015) Christian Wolff and experimental philosophy. In: Garber , Daniel and Rutherford, Donald , (eds.) Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy, Volume VII. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 225-255. ISBN 9780198748717
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Abstract
This chapter discusses the relation between Christian Wolff's philosophy and the methodological views of early modern experimental philosophers. The chapter argues for three claims. First, Wolff's system relies on experience at every step and his views on experiments, observations, hypotheses, and the a priori are in line with those of experimental philosophers. Second, the study of Wolff's views demonstrates the influence of experimental philosophy in early eighteenth-century Germany. Third, references to Wolff's empiricism and rationalism are best identified or replaced with references to his endorsement of the tenets of experimental philosophers and of a mathematical demonstrative method.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Wolff, Christian, Freiherr von, 1679-1754 -- Criticism and interpretation | ||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | ||||
| ISBN: | 9780198748717 | ||||
| Book Title: | Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy, Volume VII | ||||
| Editor: | Garber , Daniel and Rutherford, Donald | ||||
| Official Date: | November 2015 | ||||
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| Page Range: | pp. 225-255 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198748717.003.0007 | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 April 2016 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 December 2017 | ||||
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