Descartes' Natural Philosophy

TRAMA

Hatfield, Trevor McClaughlin, Peter McLaughlin, Katherine Morris, Alberto Guillermo, Timothy Reiss, Peter Schouls, John Schuster, Dennis Sepper, Peter Slezak, John Sutton, Yashiko Tomida, Klaas van Berkel, Theo Verbeek, Catherine Wilson, Celia Wolf-Devine, John Wright, John Yolton.

NOTE EDITORE

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.

SOMMARIO

IntroductionMechanics and Cosmology1. Descartes and the natural philosophy of the Coimbra commentaries Dennis Des Chene2. Descartes' debt to Beeckman: inspiration, cooperation, conflict Klaas Van Berkel3. The foundational role of hydrostatics and statics in Descartes' natural philosophy Stephen Gaukroger4. Force, determination and impact Peter MaLaughlin5. A different Descartes: Descartes' programme for a mathematical physics in his correspondence Daniel Garber6. Casual powers and occasionalism from Descartes to Malebranche Desmond Clarje7. Modelling nature: Descartes versus Reigus Theo Verbeek8. The influence of Cartesian cosmology in England Peter HarrisonMethod, Optics, and the Role of Experiment9. NeoAristotle and method: between Zabarella and Descartes Timothy Reiss10. Figuring things out: figurate problem-solving in the early Descartes Dennis Sepper11. The theory of the rainbow Jean-Robert Armogathe12. Descartes' opticien: the construction of the law of refraction and the manufacture of its physical rationales, 1618-1629 John A. Schuster13. A 'science for honnêteshommes': La Recherche de la Vérité and the deconstruction of experimental knowledge Alberto Guillermo Ranea14. Descartes, experiments, and a first generation Cartesian, Jacques Rohault Trevor McLaughlin15. Cartesian physiology Annie Bitbol-Hesperies16. The resources of a mechanist physiology and the problem of goal-directed processes Stephen Gaukroger17. Bêtes machines Katherine Morris18. Descartes' cardiology and its reception in English physiology Peter AnsteyImagination and Representation19. Descartes' theory of imagination and perspectival art Betsy Newell Decyk20. From sparks of truth to the glow of possibility Peter Schouls21. Descartes' theory of visual spatial perception Celia Wolf-Devine22. Symposium on Descartes on perceptual cognition. Introduction John SuttonDescartes and Formal Signs David BehanDescartes' startling doctrine of the reverse sign relation Peter SlezakBibliography

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415219938
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 3.15 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 780