Sheridan, Patricia (1994) Vitalism and the new science : Anne Conway's response to the mechanization of nature. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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Conway espoused the vitalistic theory of matter as an answer to the faults in the mechanical concepts of nature advocated by Descartes, Hobbes and Spinoza. Her arguments are relevant to current feminist critiques of modernist epistemological paradigms in the hard and social sciences.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Philosophy |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
| Authors: | Sheridan, Patricia |
| Pagination: | v, 85 leaves ; 29 cm. |
| Institution: | Concordia University |
| Degree Name: | M.A. |
| Program: | Philosophy |
| Date: | 1994 |
| Thesis Supervisor(s): | Allen, P |
| Identification Number: | B 1201 C554S5 1994 |
| ID Code: | 6145 |
| Deposited By: | Concordia University Library |
| Deposited On: | 03 Sep 2009 13:49 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jul 2020 20:01 |
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