Representing Space in the Scientific Revolution

Using an integrated philosophical and historical approach, this book explores the fundamental shift in understandings of space in the scientific revolution.

List of contents

List of figures; Preface; Note on texts; 1. Introduction: centers and orientations; 2. Pluribus ergo existentibus centris: explanations, descriptions, and Copernicus; 3. Non est motus omnino: Gilbert, verticity, and the Law of the Whole; 4. Respicere sinus: Kepler, oriented Space, and the ellipse; 5. Mille movimenti circolari: from Impetus to conserved curvilinear motion in Galileo; 6. Directions sont entre elles paralleles: Descartes and his critics on oriented space and the parallelogram rule; 7. Incline it to verge: Newton's spatial synthesis; 8. Conclusion: methodological morals; References; Index.

About the author

David Marshall Miller is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University. He has published articles in journals including Philosophy of Science and History of Science.

Summary

Using an integrated historical and philosophical approach, this book explores the origin of modern physics in Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, and others. It analyzes representations of space in the scientific revolution, and will be essential reading for scholars and students of the history and philosophy of science.

Product details

• Authors: David Miller, David Marshall Miller, David Marshall (Iowa State University) Miller, Miller David Marshall
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781107624719
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62471-9
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History, History of Ideas, SCIENCE / History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Social History, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy