| Title |
Descartes : philosophy, mathematics and physics / edited by Stephen Gaukroger. |
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| Imprint |
Sussex : Harvester Press ; Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble Books, 1980. |
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| Description |
xi, 329 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Series |
Harvester readings in the history of science and philosophy ; no. 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Descartes' empirical epistemology / Charles Larmore -- Cartesian optics and the geometrization of nature / Nancy L. Maull -- Descartes' Mathesis universalis, 1619-28 / John A. Schuster -- Descartes' project for a mathematical physics / Stephen Gaukroger -- Beginnings of algebraic thought in the seventeenth century / Michael S. Mahoney -- Descartes' unification of algebra and geometry / Emily R. Grosholz -- Proof and eternal truths : Descartes and Leibniz / Ian Hacking -- Descartes, eternal truths and the divine omnipotence / Amos Funkenstein -- Metaphysics and physics of force in Descartes / Martial Gueroult -- Force and inertia in the seventeenth century : Descartes and Newton / Alan Gabbey. |
| Subject(s) |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
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Mathematics -- Philosophy.
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Physics -- Philosophy.
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Truth.
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| Alternate Author |
Gaukroger, Stephen.
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