عنوان

Dutch Cartesianism and the birth of philosophy of science :

(Number (ISBN

3110568268

(Number (ISBN

9783110568264

Erroneous ISBN

3110567822

Erroneous ISBN

9783110567823

Title Proper

Dutch Cartesianism and the birth of philosophy of science :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

from Regius to 's Gravesande /

First Statement of Responsibility

Andrea Strazzoni.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boston :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Walter de Gruyter GmbH,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2019]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (ix, 245 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

How did the relations between philosophy and science evolve during the 17th and the 18th century? This book analyzes this issue by considering the history of Cartesianism in Dutch universities, as well as its legacy in the 18th century. It takes into account the ways in which the disciplines of logic and metaphysics became functional to the justification and reflection on the conceptual premises and the methods of natural philosophy, changing their traditional roles as art of reasoning and as science of being. This transformation took place as a result of two factors. First, logic and metaphysics (which included rational theology) were used to grant the status of indubitable knowledge of natural philosophy. Second, the debates internal to Cartesianism, as well as the emergence of alternative philosophical world-views (such as those of Hobbes, Spinoza, the experimental science and Newtonianism) progressively deprived such disciplines of their foundational function, and they started to become forms of reflection over given scientific practices, either Cartesian, experimental, or Newtonian.

Title

Dutch Cartesianism and the birth of philosophy of science.

International Standard Book Number

9783110567823

Descartes, René,1596-1650.

Descartes, René,1596-1650.

Logic.

Metaphysics.

Science-- Philosophy-- History.

Logic.

Metaphysics.

PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern

Science-- Philosophy.

PHI-- 016000

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Edition

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Book number

Strazzoni, Andrea

Date of Transaction

20200823095812.0

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pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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