Descartes' Natural Philosophy (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Gaukroger, Stephen; Sutton, John; Schuster, John

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The most comprehensive collection of essays on Descartes' scientific writings ever published, this volume offers a detailed reassessment of Descartes' scientific work and its bearing on his philosophy. The 35 essays, written by some of the world's leading scholars, cover topics as diverse as optics, cosmology and medicine, and will be of vital interest to all historians of philosophy or science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 784
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134600922
• Artikelnr.: 42976243

Autorenporträt

Stephen Gaukroger, John Schuster, John Sutton

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Mechanics and Cosmology 1. Descartes and the natural
philosophy of the Coimbra commentaries Dennis Des Chene 2. Descartes' debt
to Beeckman: inspiration, cooperation, conflict Klaas Van Berkel 3. The
foundational role of hydrostatics and statics in Descartes' natural
philosophy Stephen Gaukroger 4. Force, determination and impact Peter
MaLaughlin 5. A different Descartes: Descartes' programme for a
mathematical physics in his correspondence Daniel Garber 6. Casual powers
and occasionalism from Descartes to Malebranche Desmond Clarje 7. Modelling
nature: Descartes versus Reigus Theo Verbeek 8. The influence of Cartesian
cosmology in England Peter Harrison Method, Optics, and the Role of
Experiment 9. NeoAristotle and method: between Zabarella and Descartes
Timothy Reiss 10. Figuring things out: figurate problem-solving in the
early Descartes Dennis Sepper 11. The theory of the rainbow Jean-Robert
Armogathe 12. Descartes' opticien : the construction of the law of
refraction and the manufacture of its physical rationales, 1618-1629 John
A. Schuster 13. A 'science for honn ecirc;teshommes' : La Recherche de la V
eacute;rit eacute; and the deconstruction of experimental knowledge Alberto
Guillermo Ranea 14. Descartes, experiments, and a first generation
Cartesian, Jacques Rohault Trevor McLaughlin 15. Cartesian physiology Annie
Bitbol-Hesperies 16. The resources of a mechanist physiology and the
problem of goal-directed processes Stephen Gaukroger 17. B ecirc;tes
machines Katherine Morris 18. Descartes' cardiology and its reception in
English physiology Peter Anstey Imagination and Representation 19.
Descartes' theory of imagination and perspectival art Betsy Newell Decyk
20. From sparks of truth to the glow of possibility Peter Schouls 21.
Descartes' theory of visual spatial perception Celia Wolf-Devine 22.
Symposium on Descartes on perceptual cognition. Introduction John Sutton
Descartes and Formal Signs David Behan Descartes' startling doctrine of the
reverse sign relation Peter Slezak Bibliography