On Methods - Books Iii-Iv. On Regressus

Jacopo Zabarella's two treatises On Methods and On Regressus (1578) are among the most important Renaissance discussions of how scientific knowledge should be acquired, arranged, and transmitted. They belong to a lively debate about the order in which sciences should be taught and the method to be followed in demonstrations.

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John P. McCaskey is a historian and philosopher of science and a visiting scholar at Stanford University and Brown University.

Summary

Jacopo Zabarella's two treatises On Methods and On Regressus (1578) are among the most important Renaissance discussions of how scientific knowledge should be acquired, arranged, and transmitted. They belong to a lively debate about the order in which sciences should be taught and the method to be followed in demonstrations.

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• Authors: Jacopo Zabarella, Zabarella Jacopo
• Assisted by: John P McCaskey (Editor), John P McCaskey (Translation), John P. McCaskey (Translation), John P. McCaskey (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2014
• EAN: 9780674724808
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72480-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science