atomism

Converse of object

• reject: Cavendish rejected atomism in 1655 because it might level the hierarchical order in which she believed; it could also threaten political stability.
• develop: Versions of atomism developed by mechanical philosophers in the seventeenth century shared that characteristic.

Adjective modifier

• logical: The module term will end with a brief look at the reasons for the collapse of logical atomism.
• mechanical: These moves certainly helped to give precise content to the fundamental tenets of mechanical atomism that they had previously lacked.
• social: Social atomism is doctrine rooted in morality of the weak.
• Newtonian: Newtonian atomism was not fruitful as far as eighteenth-century experimental science is concerned.
• eidetic: Eidetic atomism is thus a prime source of the philosophical " hypotheses " Hume aims to eliminate.
• scientific: Scientific atomism viewed the world as the precise and predictable concourse of atoms ( or more basic particles ) in space and time.

Noun used with modifier

• chemical: The key assumption of Dalton's chemical atomism is that chemical elements are composed of ' ultimate particles ' or atoms.