| Description |
1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 30 |
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Very short introductions ; 30.
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| Contents |
Matter and Metaphysics -- The discovery of a vocation -- One science one method -- 'Absolutes', simple natures, and problems -- Roaming about in the world -- Paris -- The suppressed physics -- Three specimens of a method -- A new 'logic' -- The need for metaphysics -- The meditations -- Doubt without scepticism? -- The theologians and the God of physics -- Ideas -- The mind -- Body -- The physics made public -- The 'other science' -- Last days -- Descartes's ghost -- Further readings -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987, in series: Past masters |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
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Descartes, René, 1596-1650 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650 fast |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Science -- Philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191540363 |
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0191540366 |
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1281769959 |
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9781281769954 |
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9786611769956 |
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6611769951 |
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9780191606564 |
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0191606561 |
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