Philosophical apparatus of Joseph Priestley

1927 ◽  
Vol 203 (4) ◽  
pp. 609
Author(s):  
J.S.H.
Keyword(s):  
Joseph Priestley

The “New Empire of Common Sense”

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul B. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Atlantic World ◽  
Thomas Reid ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Joseph Priestley ◽  
Common Sense Philosophy

Although the rise of Scottish common sense philosophy was one of the most important intellectual developments of the Enlightenment, significant gaps remain in our understanding of the reception of Scottish common sense philosophy in the Atlantic world during the second half of the eighteenth century. This chapter focuses on the British context in the period 1764–93, and examines published responses to James Oswald, James Beattie, and, especially, Thomas Reid. The chapter contextualizes the polemics of Joseph Priestley against the three Scots and argues that it was Joseph Berington rather than Priestley who was the first critic to claim that the appeal to common sense was the defining feature of “the Scotch school” of philosophy. It also shows that Reid was widely acknowledged to be the founder and most accomplished exponent of the “school”, whereas Beattie and Oswald were typically dismissed as being derivative thinkers.

scholarly journals Newtonian Optics and the Historiography of Light in the 18th Century: A critical Analysis of Joseph Priestley’s The History of Optics

2018 ◽  
pp. 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Breno Moura
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Optical Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Joseph Priestley ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
History Of Optics ◽  
The Prestige

In 1772, Joseph Priestley published The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light and Colours, also known as The History of Optics. The book intended to present all the achievements in the matter of light and colors, from the Ancient times to the 18th century. This paper presents a study of the content of The History of Optics, in order to analyze how it sold Newtonian optics in the historiography of light. It will comprise discussions on Priestley’s views on History, his involvement with optical studies, his perceptions on Newtonian optics and the Biographical Chart included in the book. This analysis can add new elements for the current Historiography on Priestley, clarifying other aspects that demonstrate his commitment to a Newtonian view of the History of Optics, as well as an example of the prestige that Newton’s Natural Philosophy had throughout the 18th century. 

British Radical Attitudes towards the United States of America in the 1790s: The Case of William Winterbotham

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Macleod
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Thomas Paine ◽  
High Court ◽  
Philosophical View ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Chattel Slavery ◽  
Joseph Priestley ◽  
New Republic

This chapter examines British radical attitudes towards America during the 1790s by taking up the case of William Winterbotham, a Plymouth Baptist preacher who was jailed in Newgate prison for four years (1793–1797) for allegedly seditious content in two sermons he preached in November 1792. Winterbotham's most ambitious work was An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, published in four volumes in 1795. It demonstrates the fascination that America held for British radicals beyond Thomas Paine, Joseph Priestley and Richard Price. Among his many concerns, Winterbotham was highly critical of the institution of chattel slavery. The chapter explores Winterbotham's political analysis of the new republic and shows that his imprisonment for seditious libel was bracketed by contemporaries with the more conspicuous 'martyrdom' of five men sentenced to transportation by the Scottish High Court of Justiciary.

‘With no unholy madness’

2018 ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Paul Cheshire
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Joseph Priestley ◽  
Modes Of Thought

Coleridge, aside from his interest in Gilbert’s field of knowledge, printed an essay of Gilbert’s and an extract from The Hurricane in his short-lived periodical The Watchman. Furthermore, as author of the apocalyptic poems ‘Religious Musings’ and ‘Ode to the Departing Year’, he shared common ground with Gilbert in his subject matter.Coleridge’s interest in Neoplatonism and attraction to visionary experience made Gilbert an interesting but problematic figure for him.This chapter follows the debates between them, and Coleridge’s manoeuvring as he pursued modes of thought that ran counter to his prior allegiance to the rationalistic Unitarianism of Joseph Priestley.

Mid-Atlantic

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-163
Author(s):  
Cohen &
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
York Botanical ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
New York Botanical Garden ◽  
Joseph Priestley

The chapter “Mid-Atlantic” discusses scientific and technological sites of adult interest in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, including the Johnson Victrola Museum, National Cryptologic Museum, the Sarnoff Collection, New York Botanical Garden, Joseph Priestley House, and Smithsonian Institution. The traveler is provided with essential information, including addresses, telephone numbers, hours of entry, handicapped access, dining facilities, dates open and closed, available public transportation, and websites. Nearly every site included here has been visited by the authors. Although written with scientists in mind, this book is for anyone who likes to travel and visit places of historical and scientific interest. Included are photographs of many sites within each state.

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