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Descartes : a very short introduction /
Rene Descartes (1596-1650) had a short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured. This book shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Very short introductions ;
30. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Rene Descartes (1596-1650) had a short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured. This book shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987, in series: Past masters. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191540363 0191540366 1281769959 9781281769954 9786611769956 6611769951 9780191606564 0191606561 |