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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilson, Catherine, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1995.
Series:Studies in intellectual history and the history of philosophy.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Philosophy and science > Europe > History > 17th century.
Philosophy, Modern > 17th century.
Microscopes > Europe > History > 17th century.
Philosophy and science.
Microscopes.
Philosophy, Modern.
Philosophy > history
Microscopy > history
Philosophie et sciences.
Philosophie > 17e siècle.
Philosophie et sciences > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Microscopes > Europe > Histoire > 17e siècle.
SCIENCE > History.
Intellectual life
Microscopes
Philosophy and science
Philosophy, Modern
Philosophie
Naturwissenschaften
Filosofie.
Microscopie.
Science > Europe > History > 17th century.
Science > Philosophy.
Microscopy > Europe > 17th century.
Philosophie et sciences > Europe > 17e siècle.
Microscopes > Europe > 17e siècle.
Philosophie des sciences.
Europe > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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