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The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke
1705 (posthumous, ed. R. Waller; written c. 1670s-1700) · English
Edited posthumous works · Royal-Society experimental philosophy / late-seventeenth-century scientific method

Hooke's 1705 'Posthumous Works' — Cutlerian Lectures, the General Scheme of Natural Philosophy, and other late papers

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Attribute The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke (Posthumous)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Finite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke

Late 1670s to 1700 composition; 1705 posthumous publication.

Space

The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke

London — Royal Society / Gresham College.

Matter

The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke

Posthumous collection.

Observer

The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke

Late and posthumous Hooke.

Energy

The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke

Late-experimental-philosophy energies.

Information

The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke

Single edited volume of papers and lectures.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke

Posthumous gathering including foundational paleontological recognition that fossils are organic remains.