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Cartesian Spacetime
Descartes' Physics and the Relational Theory of Space and Motion
Buch von E. Slowik
Sprache: Englisch

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Although Descartes' natural philosophy marked an advance in the development of modern science, many critics over the years, such as Newton, have rejected his particular `relational' theory of space and motion. Nevertheless, it is also true that most historians and philosophers have not sufficiently investigated the viability of the Cartesian theory.
This book explores, consequently, the success of the arguments against Descartes' theory of space and motion by determining if it is possible to formulate a version that can eliminate its alleged problems. In essence, this book comprises the first sustained attempt to construct a consistent `Cartesian' spacetime theory: that is, a theory of space and time that consistently incorporates Descartes' various physical and metaphysical concepts.
Intended for students in the history of philosophy and science, this study reveals the sophisticated insights, and often quite successful elements, in Descartes' unjustly neglected relational theory of space and motion.
Although Descartes' natural philosophy marked an advance in the development of modern science, many critics over the years, such as Newton, have rejected his particular `relational' theory of space and motion. Nevertheless, it is also true that most historians and philosophers have not sufficiently investigated the viability of the Cartesian theory.
This book explores, consequently, the success of the arguments against Descartes' theory of space and motion by determining if it is possible to formulate a version that can eliminate its alleged problems. In essence, this book comprises the first sustained attempt to construct a consistent `Cartesian' spacetime theory: that is, a theory of space and time that consistently incorporates Descartes' various physical and metaphysical concepts.
Intended for students in the history of philosophy and science, this study reveals the sophisticated insights, and often quite successful elements, in Descartes' unjustly neglected relational theory of space and motion.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: Newton's De Gravitatione Argument Against Cartesian Dynamics.- 2: The Structure of Spacetime Theories.- 3: The Cartesian Natural Laws.- 4: Matter and Substance in the Cartesian Universe.- 5: Quantity of Motion: The Origin and Function of the Cartesian Conservation Principle.- 6: Relational Spacetime and Cartesian Dynamics.- 7: The Kinematic Logic of Relational Transfer: An Unwritten Chapter in the History of Cartesian Motion.- 8: Constructing a Cartesian Dynamics Without "Fixed" Reference Frames: Collisions in the Center-of-Mass Frame.- 9: Constructing a Cartesian Dynamics With "Fixed" Reference Frames: The "Kinematics of Mechanisms" Theory.- Conclusion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Deutscher Idealismus
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xii
252 S.
ISBN-13: 9781402002656
ISBN-10: 1402002653
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Slowik, E.
Hersteller: Springer Netherland
Springer Netherlands
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 241 x 160 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: E. Slowik
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2002
Gewicht: 0,571 kg
Artikel-ID: 102979005
Zusammenfassung

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: Newton's De Gravitatione Argument Against Cartesian Dynamics.- 2: The Structure of Spacetime Theories.- 3: The Cartesian Natural Laws.- 4: Matter and Substance in the Cartesian Universe.- 5: Quantity of Motion: The Origin and Function of the Cartesian Conservation Principle.- 6: Relational Spacetime and Cartesian Dynamics.- 7: The Kinematic Logic of Relational Transfer: An Unwritten Chapter in the History of Cartesian Motion.- 8: Constructing a Cartesian Dynamics Without "Fixed" Reference Frames: Collisions in the Center-of-Mass Frame.- 9: Constructing a Cartesian Dynamics With "Fixed" Reference Frames: The "Kinematics of Mechanisms" Theory.- Conclusion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Deutscher Idealismus
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: xii
252 S.
ISBN-13: 9781402002656
ISBN-10: 1402002653
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Slowik, E.
Hersteller: Springer Netherland
Springer Netherlands
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 241 x 160 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: E. Slowik
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2002
Gewicht: 0,571 kg
Artikel-ID: 102979005
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