Empiricist Heresies in Early Modern Medical Thought

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science(Netherlands)

Volumn 25, Issue , 2010, Pages 333-344

  Wolfe, Charles T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early Modern Period; Eighteenth Century; Scientific Revolution; Vital Force; Vitalist Argumentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918775027     PISSN: 18717381     EISSN: 22151958     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3686-5_16     Document Type: Chapter

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