Definition of Corpuscularian. Meaning of Corpuscularian. Synonyms of Corpuscularian

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Definition of Corpuscularian

Corpuscularian
Corpuscularian Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an (-l?"r?-a]/>n), a. Corpuscular. [Obs.]
Corpuscularian
Corpuscularian Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an, n. An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy. --Bentley.

Meaning of Corpuscularian from wikipedia

- Corpuscularianism, also known as corpuscularism (from Latin corpusculumĀ 'little body' and -ism), is a set of theories that explain natural transformations...
- alchemical works of Geber and Daniel Sennert, who in turn influenced the corpuscularian alchemist Robert Boyle, one of the founders of modern chemistry. A chief...
- French. In their following meetings Beeckman interested Descartes in his corpuscularian approach to mechanical theory, and convinced him to devote his studies...
- [verification needed][betterĀ sourceĀ needed] The atomic theory of corpuscularianism, where all physical bodies possess an inner and outer layer of minute...
- Most notably, his merits lie in the elaboration of an early form of corpuscularianism and above all in the invention of precision instruments meant to ascertain...
- realism Correspondence theory of truth Ideational theory of meaning Corpuscularianism Social contract Natural law Liberalism classical liberalism Academic...
- alchemical works of Geber and Daniel Sennert, who in turn influenced the corpuscularian alchemist Robert Boyle, one of the founders of modern chemistry. Boyle...
- Region Western philosophy School British empiricism classical realism Corpuscularianism Descriptive egoism Determinism English Renaissance Materialism Legal...
- that the world only contains the primary qualities that feature in a corpuscularian scientific account of the world, and that secondary qualities are in...
- alchemists before the fields were clearly separated. Boyle argued for corpuscularianism in the 1661 book The Sceptical Chymist and discovered Boyle's law...