Descartes on forms and mechanisms /

Uniquely, this book traces Descartes' groundbreaking theory of scientific explanation back to the mathematical demonstrations of Aristotelian mechanics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hattab, Helen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650
Descartes, René.
Mechanism (Philosophy)
Form (Philosophy)
Scholasticism.
Mécanisme (Philosophie)
Forme (Philosophie)
Scolastique.
scholasticism.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Scholasticism
Mechanismus > Philosophie
Form > Philosophie
Substanz
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Descartes' arguments against the substantial form
  • Aquinas' introduction of the substantial form
  • Suarez's defense of the substantial form
  • Sanchez's skeptical humanist attack
  • The mechanical alternative to substantial forms
  • Cartesian science and the principles of Aristotelian mechanics
  • Atoms, modes, and other heresies
  • Descartes' metaphysical alternative to substantial forms.

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