D R Oldroyd
Biographic Data
| ID | 1011743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D R Oldroyd |
| GIVEN NAMES | D R |
| FAMILY NAME | Oldroyd |
| SIGNATURE | OLDROYD D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Wider Domain of Evolutionary Thought
Some writings of Robert Hooke on procedures for the prosecution of scientific inquiry, including his 'Lectures of Things Requisite to a Ntral History'
ROBERT HOOKE’s ideas on scientific method have been the subject of several previous investigations, Hooke was concerned to utilize and develop Bacon’s suggestions for the prosecution of scientific inquiry, and in his early writings he hinted that he might have a general procedure that would enable him to ‘raise axioms and theories’ by means of some kind of semi-automatic process— his ‘philosophical algebra’. Thus he may have conceived the develop…
Some 'Philosophicall Scribbles' attributed to Robert Hooke
Among the Hooke manuscripts held in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, is an undated document of four pages, entitled (on a separate sheet): XVI Philosophicall Scribbles’. We shall offer here an edition of this hitherto unpublished document; its contents will be discussed and compared with Hooke’s published theories of the soul, mind action and memory in his ‘Lectures of light’ (I); and some consideration will be given to the general adeq…
Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), geologist, romantic aesthete, and historian of geology
The characteristics of inductivist historiography of science, as practised by earlier scientist/historians, and Whig historiography, as practised by earlier political historians, are described, according to the accounts of Agassi and Butterfield. It is suggested that the writings of Geikie on the history of geology allow us to characterize him as a Whig/inductivist historian of science who formulated anachronistic judgements. It is further sugges…
Science in the Silver Age
Historicism and the Rise of Historical Geology, Part 1
Historicism and the Rise of Historical Geology, Part 2
A List of Ph.D. Theses in the History of Science and Related Areas in Australian Universities to 1976
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From Renaissance Mineral Studies to Historical Geology, in the Light of Michel Foucault's the Order of Things
In this paper we examine the study of minerals from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century in the light of the work of Michel Foucault on the history of systems of thought. In spite of a certain number of theoretical problems, Foucault's enterprise opens up to the historian of science a vast terrain for exploration. But this is the place neither for a general exegesis nor for a general criticism of his position; our aim here is the more …
Mineralogy and the 'Chemical Revolution'
A Note on the Status of A. F. Cronstedt's Simple Earths and His Analytical Methods
Robert Hooke's Methodology of Science as exemplified in his ‘Discourse of Earthquakes’
A number of authors have drawn attention to the contributions to geology of Robert Hooke, and it has been pointed out that in several ways his ideas were more advanced than those of Steno, who is sometimes taken to be the founder of geology as a scientific discipline. Moreover, it has been argued that in a number of instances Hooke should receive the credit for ideas which are usually believed to have originated in the work of James Hutton. This …
From Renaissance Mineral Studies to Historical Geology, in the Light of Michel Foucault's the Order of Things
In this paper we examine the study of minerals from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century in the light of the work of Michel Foucault on the history of systems of thought. In spite of a certain number of theoretical problems, Foucault's enterprise opens up to the historian of science a vast terrain for exploration. But this is the place neither for a general exegesis nor for a general criticism of his position; our aim here is the more …
Robert Hooke's Methodology of Science as exemplified in his ‘Discourse of Earthquakes’
A number of authors have drawn attention to the contributions to geology of Robert Hooke, and it has been pointed out that in several ways his ideas were more advanced than those of Steno, who is sometimes taken to be the founder of geology as a scientific discipline. Moreover, it has been argued that in a number of instances Hooke should receive the credit for ideas which are usually believed to have originated in the work of James Hutton. This …
Historicism and the Rise of Historical Geology, Part 1
Historicism and the Rise of Historical Geology, Part 2
A Note on the Status of A. F. Cronstedt's Simple Earths and His Analytical Methods
Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), geologist, romantic aesthete, and historian of geology
The characteristics of inductivist historiography of science, as practised by earlier scientist/historians, and Whig historiography, as practised by earlier political historians, are described, according to the accounts of Agassi and Butterfield. It is suggested that the writings of Geikie on the history of geology allow us to characterize him as a Whig/inductivist historian of science who formulated anachronistic judgements. It is further sugges…
Robert Hooke's Methodology of Science as exemplified in his ‘Discourse of Earthquakes’
A number of authors have drawn attention to the contributions to geology of Robert Hooke, and it has been pointed out that in several ways his ideas were more advanced than those of Steno, who is sometimes taken to be the founder of geology as a scientific discipline. Moreover, it has been argued that in a number of instances Hooke should receive the credit for ideas which are usually believed to have originated in the work of James Hutton. This …
A Note on the Status of A. F. Cronstedt's Simple Earths and His Analytical Methods
Mineralogy and the 'Chemical Revolution'
A List of Ph.D. Theses in the History of Science and Related Areas in Australian Universities to 1976
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
From Renaissance Mineral Studies to Historical Geology, in the Light of Michel Foucault's the Order of Things
In this paper we examine the study of minerals from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century in the light of the work of Michel Foucault on the history of systems of thought. In spite of a certain number of theoretical problems, Foucault's enterprise opens up to the historian of science a vast terrain for exploration. But this is the place neither for a general exegesis nor for a general criticism of his position; our aim here is the more …
Science in the Silver Age
Historicism and the Rise of Historical Geology, Part 1
Historicism and the Rise of Historical Geology, Part 2
Some 'Philosophicall Scribbles' attributed to Robert Hooke
Among the Hooke manuscripts held in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, is an undated document of four pages, entitled (on a separate sheet): XVI Philosophicall Scribbles’. We shall offer here an edition of this hitherto unpublished document; its contents will be discussed and compared with Hooke’s published theories of the soul, mind action and memory in his ‘Lectures of light’ (I); and some consideration will be given to the general adeq…
Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), geologist, romantic aesthete, and historian of geology
The characteristics of inductivist historiography of science, as practised by earlier scientist/historians, and Whig historiography, as practised by earlier political historians, are described, according to the accounts of Agassi and Butterfield. It is suggested that the writings of Geikie on the history of geology allow us to characterize him as a Whig/inductivist historian of science who formulated anachronistic judgements. It is further sugges…
Some writings of Robert Hooke on procedures for the prosecution of scientific inquiry, including his 'Lectures of Things Requisite to a Ntral History'
ROBERT HOOKE’s ideas on scientific method have been the subject of several previous investigations, Hooke was concerned to utilize and develop Bacon’s suggestions for the prosecution of scientific inquiry, and in his early writings he hinted that he might have a general procedure that would enable him to ‘raise axioms and theories’ by means of some kind of semi-automatic process— his ‘philosophical algebra’. Thus he may have conceived the develop…
Wider Domain of Evolutionary Thought
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