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The invisible world : early modern philosophy and the invention of the microscope /

Wilson argues that the discovery of the microworld - and the apparent role of living animalcula in generation, contagion, and disease - presented metaphysicians with the task of reconciling the ubiquity of life with human-centered theological systems. It was also a source of problems for philosopher...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilson, Catherine, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1995.
Colección:Studies in intellectual history and the history of philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Science and Protoscience
  • 2. The Subtlety of Nature
  • 3. Instruments and Applications
  • 4. Preexistent and Emergent Form
  • 5. Animalcula and the Theory of Animate Contagion
  • 6. The Philosophers and the Microscope
  • 7. The Microscope Superfluous and Uncertain
  • 8. Truths and Appearances.