Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Theologian, and Metaphysician: A Symposium Celebrating the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley in 1774 ; Symposium Held During the 9. Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemic

128 Pages·1980·13.792 MB·English

by  B. R. Willeford

JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
Theologian, and
Scientist,
Metaphysician
Erwin N. Hiebert, Aaron Hide
J.
and Robert E. Schofield
Edited by Lester Kieft and Bennett R. Vi iJleford, Jr.
)
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Joseph
Priestley:
Scientist, Theologian,
and
Metaphysician
A
Symposium
Celebrating the
Two
Hundredth
Anniversary
of
the Discovery of Oxygen by
Joseph Priestley in 1774
by Erwin N.
Hiebert,
Aaron
Ihde, and
J.
Robert E. Schofield
Edited by Lester Kieft
and Bennett R. Willeford,
Jr.
Neither Priestley’s life-style nor his
scientific, philosophical, theological, or
political thought is easily characterized.
He
was a competent
scientist, a skilled
and imaginative experimentalist, but a
cautious and conservative
theorist.
Priestley s scientific philosophy was
firmly rooted in his philosophy of
He
religion. understood revealed religion
and natural science to be reciprocating
branches of knowledge; he was able to in-
tegrate his conception of revealed
religion with his fervent belief in scien-
tific materialism and strict causality. An
expository account of Priestley’s life as it
pertains to his religion and his religious
writings is attempted.
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JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
Theologian, and
Scientist,
Metaphysician

JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
Theologian, and
Scientist,
Metaphysician
A Two
Symposium Celebrating the
Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery
Oxygen by Joseph Priestley in 1774
of
Erwin N. Hiebert, Harvard University
Aaron Ihde, University of Wisconsin
J.
Robert E. Schofield, Iowa State University
Edited by Lester Kieft and Bennett R. Willeford, Jr.,
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Joseph Priestley Symposium, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1974.
Joseph Priestley, scientist, theologian, and metaphysician.
Symposium held during the ninth Middle Atlantic regional meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Wilkes Barre, Pa., Apr. 23-26, 1974.
Includes bibliographical references.
1 Pnestley< Joseph, 1733-1804—Congresses. 2. Chemistry—History—Con-
gresses. .3. Chemists—Biography. I. Hiebert, Erwin N., 1919- II. Ihde, Aaron John
1909-
III. Schofield, Robert E., 1923- IV. Kieft, Lester, 1912- V. Willeford.'
Bennett R., 1921- VI. American Chemical Society. VII. Title.
QD22.P8J67 540’.92’4 77-92577
ISBN 0-8387-2202-4
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Contents
Preface
1 The Integration of Revealed Religion and
Scientific Materialism in the Thought of
Joseph Priestley
ERWIN HIEBERT
N.
Harvard University
2 Priestley and Lavoisier
AARON
IHDE
J.
University of Wisconsin
3 Joseph Priestley and the Physicalist
Tradition in British Chemistry
ROBERT SCHOFIELD
E.
Iowa State University