Boyle’s teleological mechanism and the myth of immanent teleology

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 43 (1):54-63 (2012)
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Boyle's Conception of Nature.J. E. McGuire - 1972 - Journal of the History of Ideas 33 (4):523.
God and nature in the thought of Robert Boyle.Timothy Shanahan - 1988 - Journal of the History of Philosophy 26 (4):547-569.

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