Episode · The Rubin Report · 2020-08-29
Books mentioned on Historian: Correcting Myths of The Founding Fathers | C. Bradley Thompson | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report
C. Bradley Thompson discussed Novum organum by Francis Bacon, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton, and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke.
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Novum organum
Discussed“English scientists, and philosophers like Francis Bacon in his Novum Organum.”
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Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton is a foundational scientific text published in 1687 that establishes the laws of motion and universal gravitation, fundamentally shaping classical mechanics and modern physics.
Discussed“And Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia Mathematica, and John Locke, in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding”
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke is a monumental work of philosophy that investigates the foundations of human knowledge, origin of ideas, and limits of human understanding, arguing that the mind is a blank slate upon which experience writes.
Discussed“And Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia Mathematica, and John Locke, in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding”
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Plugged America's Revolutionary Mind
“Joining me today, is a Professor of Political Philosophy at Clemson University and author of the new book, "America's Revolutionary Mind: A Moral History of the American Revolution and the Declaration That Defined It," C. Bradley Thompson, welcome back to "The Rubin Report."”
“Joining me today, is a Professor of Political Philosophy at Clemson University and author of the new book, "America's Revolutionary Mind: A Moral History of the American Revolution and the Declaration That Defined It," C. Bradley Thompson, welcome back to "The Rubin Report."”
“Francis Bacon in his Novum Organum. And Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia Mathematica, and John Locke, in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding,”
“And Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia Mathematica, and John Locke, in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, And they took the enlightenments ideas of the laws of nature,”