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Zusatztext makes a welcome contribution to the history of science Informationen zum Autor Stephen Gaukroger was educated at London and Cambridge Universities. He is presently Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Sydney, where he also holds an ARC Professorial Research Fellowship, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He is author of seven books in the history of science and history of philosophy, including an intellectual biography of Descartes, as well as translations of the works of Descartes and Arnauld, and is editor of six collections of essays. Klappentext How did we come to have a scientific culture -- one in which cognitive values are shaped around scientific ones? Stephen Gaukroger presents a rich and fascinating investigation of the development of intellectual culture in early modern Europe, a period in which understandings of the natural realm began to fragment. Zusammenfassung How did we come to have a scientific culture -- one in which cognitive values are shaped around scientific ones? Stephen Gaukroger presents a rich and fascinating investigation of the development of intellectual culture in early modern Europe, a period in which understandings of the natural realm began to fragment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I 1: The Construction of a New World Picture 2: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy PART II 3: The Metaphysical Unity of Natural Philosophy 4: From Experimental Philosophy to Empiricism 5: Explaining the Phenomena PART III 6: Natural Philosophy and the Republic of Letters 7: The Realm of Reason PART IV 8: The Fortunes of a Unified Model of Natural Philosophy 9: Material Activity 10: Living and Dead Matter PART V 11: The Realm of Sensibility 12: Historical Understanding and the Human Condition Conclusion Bibliography of Works Cited Index ...
