The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century Patterns of Change in Early Modern Natural Philosophy /
The seventeenth century marked a critical phase in the emergence of modern science. But we misunderstand this process, if we assume that seventeenth-century modes of natural inquiry were identical to the highly specialised, professionalised and ever proliferating family of modern sciences practised...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2005.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2005. |
Colección: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science,
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Onset of the Scientific Revolution
- 'Waterworld': Descartes' Vortical Celestial Mechanics
- Circular Argument
- From Mechanics to Mechanism
- The Autonomy of Natural Philosophy
- Physico-Theology and the Mixed Sciences
- The Saturn Problem
- Experimental Versus Speculative Natural Philosophy.