Hume on Animal Reason
- D. Boyle
- Philosophy, Psychology
- 26 January 2011
To remove humans so far from non-human animals, Hume implies, conflicts with the precept that reasoning concerning matters of fact are (and should be) founded on analogy, and to suggest that humans are, in their mental processes, radically different from animals is not good reasoning.
Margaret Cavendish's Nonfeminist Natural Philosophy
- D. Boyle
- Art
- 2004
Until about twenty-five years ago, the standard assessment of Margaret Cavendish’s philosophical work was typified by Virginia Woolf’s remarks: “It was from the plain of complete ignorance, the…
Margaret Cavendish on Perception, Self‐Knowledge, and Probable Opinion
- D. Boyle
- Philosophy
- 1 July 2015
Scholarly interest in Margaret Cavendish's philosophical views has steadily increased over the past decade, but her epistemology has received little attention, and no consensus has emerged; Cavendish…
The Senses and the History of Philosophy
- Brian Glenney, José Filipe Silva, M. Paterson
- Philosophy
- 21 February 2019
Elizabeth Hamilton’s Memoirs of Modern Philosophers as a philosophical text
- D. Boyle
- Psychology
- 7 May 2021
ABSTRACT Elizabeth Hamilton (1758–1816) has not so far been considered a philosopher, probably because she wrote novels and tracts on education rather than philosophical treatises. This paper argues…
A Novel Approach to Monitoring the Diversion of Controlled Substances: The Role of the Pharmacy Compliance Officer
- Kenneth Fleming, D. Boyle, W.J. Billie, Jesse Carpenter, C. Linck
- Medicine
- 1 March 2007
This contemporary strategy has the potential for replication, particularly in large, diverse, urban, acute care settings, where drug volume is high, information systems are frequently complex; hence, identification of drug-diverting professionals is circuitous.
Mary Shepherd and the meaning of ‘life’
- D. Boyle
- Philosophy
- 22 June 2020
ABSTRACT In the final chapters of her 1824 Essay upon the Relation of Cause and Effect, Lady Mary Shepherd considers what it means for an organism to be alive. The physician William Lawrence…
The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy: Spontaneous and Sexual Generation in Conway's Principles
- D. Boyle
- Philosophy
- 2006
This book examines the early modern science of generation, which included the study of animal conception, heredity, and fetal development. Analyzing how it influenced the contemporary treatment of…
Fame, Virtue, and Government: Margaret Cavendish on Ethics and Politics
- D. Boyle
- Philosophy
- 22 May 2006
This paper offers an account of Margaret Cavendish's moral and political philosophy. In some respects Cavendish's theoury echoes Hobbes. However, although Cavendish agrees with Hobbes that morality…
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