Descartes' Natural Philosophy
Published by: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415219938
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 767
Edition: First Edition
ISBN: 9780415219938
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 767
Edition: First Edition
Book Summary
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. LIST OF READINGS
Introduction
Stephen Gaukroger, John Schuster, John SuttonID: s27898 | 25pp | Copyright Fee: $3.00
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Descartes and the Natural Philosophy of the Coimbra Commentaries
Dennis Des CheneID: s27899 | 17pp | Copyright Fee: $2.04
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Descartes' Debt to Beeckman: Inspiration, Cooperation, Conflict
Klaas van BerkelID: s27900 | 14pp | Copyright Fee: $1.68
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The Foundational Role of Hydrostatics and Statics in Descartes' Natural Philosophy
Stephen GaukrogerID: s27901 | 21pp | Copyright Fee: $2.52
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Force, Determination and Impact
Peter McLaughlinID: s27902 | 32pp | Copyright Fee: $3.84
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A Different Descartes: Descartes and the Programme for a Mathematical Physics in His Correspondence
Daniel GarberID: s27903 | 18pp | Copyright Fee: $2.16
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Causal Powers and Occasionalism from Descartes to Malebranche
Desmond ClarkeID: s27904 | 18pp | Copyright Fee: $2.16
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The Invention of Nature: Descartes and Regius
Theo VerbeekID: s27905 | 19pp | Copyright Fee: $2.28
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The Influence of Cartesian Cosmology in England
Peter HarrisonID: s27906 | 25pp | Copyright Fee: $3.00
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Neo-Aristotle and Method: Between Zabarella and Descartes
Timothy J. ReissID: s27907 | 33pp | Copyright Fee: $3.96
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