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The Nature of Physical Existence.
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1 INTRODUCTION; PART I THE CONCEPT OF THE INFINITE; 2 THE PROBLEM OF THE INFINITE: THE ARISTOTELIAN ANALYSIS; 3 ARISTOTLE'S DOCTRINE OF THE INFINITE; 4 THE CHANGED CONCEPT OF THE INFINITE IN MEDIEVAL THOUGHT; 5 THE NEW PHILOSOPHY OF THE INFINITE OF NICOLAUS CUSANUS; 6 THE CONCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSE AS INFINITE; PART II THE CONCEPT OF THE PHYSICAL; 7 THE GREEK CONCEPTION OF THE PHYSICAL; 8 THE CONCEPT OF MATTER: (i) ARISTOTELIAN Hylē; 9 THE CONCEPT OF MATTER: (ii) MEDIEVAL Materia.
- 10 THE CONCEPT OF MATTER: (iii) RENAISSANCE CONCEPTION OF ENSOULED MATTER11 THE CONCEPT OF MATTER: (iv) EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CONCEPTION OF ELEMENTARY BODIES; PART III THE MODERN CONCEPT OF NATURE; 12 MATTER, MOTION, AND THE CONCEPT OF PLACE; 13 PLACE, THE VOID, AND SPACE; 14 THE THEORY OF ATOMISM AND THE PROBLEMS OF THE CONTINUUM; 15 THE CONTINUUM, THE PHYSICALS AND THE MATHEMATICAL; 16 DESCARTES' THEORY OF THE PHYSICAL: Res Extensa; 17 INFINITE PLACE AND THE PRINCIPLE OF MOTION; 18 NEWTON: THE PHYSICAL EXISTENT AND THE MATHEMATICAL EXISTENT; 19 THE MODERN CONCEPTION OF NATURE.
- PART IV PROLEGOMENA TO A NEW CONCEPT OF NATUREAn Introductory Note to Part IV; 20 MATTER, BODY, AND EXTENSION; 21 MATTER, MOTION, AND SUBSTANCE; 22 RELATION, ACTION, AND SUBSTANCE; 23 THE PHYSICAL EXISTENT AND BODY; 24 THE PHYSICAL EXISTENT, SIMPLE AND COMPOUND; 25 PHYSICAL EXISTENCE, CONTINUITY, AND DISCRETENESS; 26 NATURE, THE INFINITE, AND THE FINITE; 27 THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE; INDEX.