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Gassendi the Atomist
Advocate of History in an Age of Science
Taschenbuch von Lynn Sumida Joy (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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An account of Gassendi's life and work, illuminating the influence of humanism on seventeenth-century thought.
An account of Gassendi's life and work, illuminating the influence of humanism on seventeenth-century thought.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. Other atomists, other skeptics, and other Epicureans: the problem of determining the context of Gassendi's career; Part I. Humanist Historiography: 2. Refuting Aristotle is not enough: how to acquire the skills of a French humanist; 3. Gassendi's Life of Peiresc: the humanist's unattainable goal of writing a universal history; 4. The growth of Gassendi's Epicurean project: from biography and commentary to a history of philosophy; Part II. Physics and the History of Philosophy: 5. Unrecognized cultural baggage: the incoherence of contemporary debates about atoms; 6. Uncertainties of observation and explanation: the role of optical anomalies in astronomy; 7. Skepticism is based on bad history: Gassendi interprets Epicurus' arguments concerning the existence and qualities of atoms; 8. Epicurus' conception of proof and Gassendi's historical justification of an atomist metaphysics and physics; 9. Between culture and nature: was Gassendi a historian, a scientist, an empiricist?; List of abbreviations used in the notes; Notes; Index of names.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521522397
ISBN-10: 0521522390
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Joy, Lynn Sumida
Lynn Sumida, Joy
Redaktion: Skinner, Quentin
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Lynn Sumida Joy (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2002
Gewicht: 0,534 kg
preigu-id: 103163189
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. Other atomists, other skeptics, and other Epicureans: the problem of determining the context of Gassendi's career; Part I. Humanist Historiography: 2. Refuting Aristotle is not enough: how to acquire the skills of a French humanist; 3. Gassendi's Life of Peiresc: the humanist's unattainable goal of writing a universal history; 4. The growth of Gassendi's Epicurean project: from biography and commentary to a history of philosophy; Part II. Physics and the History of Philosophy: 5. Unrecognized cultural baggage: the incoherence of contemporary debates about atoms; 6. Uncertainties of observation and explanation: the role of optical anomalies in astronomy; 7. Skepticism is based on bad history: Gassendi interprets Epicurus' arguments concerning the existence and qualities of atoms; 8. Epicurus' conception of proof and Gassendi's historical justification of an atomist metaphysics and physics; 9. Between culture and nature: was Gassendi a historian, a scientist, an empiricist?; List of abbreviations used in the notes; Notes; Index of names.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521522397
ISBN-10: 0521522390
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Joy, Lynn Sumida
Lynn Sumida, Joy
Redaktion: Skinner, Quentin
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Lynn Sumida Joy (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2002
Gewicht: 0,534 kg
preigu-id: 103163189
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