| Description |
xi, 329 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Harvester readings in the history of science and philosophy ; [no. 1] |
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Harvester readings in the history of science and philosophy ; no. 1
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| Contents |
Descartes' empirical epistemology / Charles Larmore -- Cartesian optics and the geometrization of nature / Nancy L. Maull -- Descartes' Mathesis universalis, 1619-28 / John A. Schuster -- Descartes' project for a mathematical physics / Stephen Gaukroger -- Beginnings of algebraic thought in the seventeenth century / Michael S. Mahoney -- Descartes' unification of algebra and geometry / Emily R. Grosholz -- Proof and eternal truths : Descartes and Leibniz / Ian Hacking -- Descartes, eternal truths and the divine omnipotence / Amos Funkenstein -- Metaphysics and physics of force in Descartes / Martial Gueroult -- Force and inertia in the seventeenth century : Descartes and Newton / Alan Gabbey |
| Analysis |
Descartes, René Addresses, essays, lectures |
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Mathematics Philosophy Addresses, essays, lectures |
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Physics Philosophy Addresses, essays, lectures |
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Truth Addresses, essays, lectures |
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Australian |
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Physics Mathematics Philosophical perspectives Theories of Descartes, René |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
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Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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Physics -- Philosophy.
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Truth.
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| Author |
Gaukroger, Stephen.
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| LC no. |
80513487 |
| ISBN |
0389200840 (Barnes & Noble) |
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085527798X |
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9780389200840 (Barnes & Noble) |
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9780855277987 |
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