Hobbes''s Two Sciences - Politics, Geometry, and the Structure of Philosophy

Is politics a science? Hobbes's Two Sciences explores how Seventeenth Century Philosopher Thomas Hobbes answered this question in the affirmative by developing a novel theory of knowledge and by finding inspiration in the methods of mathematics and physics.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction: The Unity of Hobbes's Philosophy


• 2: Prudential Knowledge from Sense and the Mechanical Mind


• 3: Scientific Knowledge from Making and the Mechanical Mind


• 4: Demonstrating Scientific Knowledge in Geometry and Civil Philosophy


• 5: Hobbesian Natural Philosophy as Mixed Mathematics


• 6: Experience in Hobbesian Civil Philosophy and Civil History

About the author

Marcus P. Adams is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Albany and former Associate Editor of the journal Hobbes Studies. His research focuses on perception and natural philosophy in Early Modern Philosophy, in particular these areas in the thought of Thomas Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish. He has edited A Companion to Hobbes (2021), and his papers have appeared in journals such as British Journal for the History of Philosophy, History of Philosophy Quarterly, and Philosophers' Imprint.

Summary

Is politics a science? Hobbes's Two Sciences explores how Seventeenth Century Philosopher Thomas Hobbes answered this question in the affirmative by developing a novel theory of knowledge and by finding inspiration in the methods of mathematics and physics.

Product details

• Authors: Marcus P. Adams, Adams Marcus P.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2025
• EAN: 9780198924685
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892468-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; History of Ideas, SCIENCE / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, Political science & theory, History of Science, Political science and theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought