Robert Boyle and the machine metaphor

Zygon

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 581-596

  Ruse, Michael ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Final cause; Machine metaphor; Natural theology; Robert Boyle

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944370066     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9744.00438     Document Type: Article

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