The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century
Publication year: 2005
: 978-1-4020-3703-0
The papers in this collection focus on patterns of change in natural philosophy in the seventeenth century, aiming to encourage the use and articulation of this category in the historiography of science. The volume is intended for scholars and advanced students of early modern history of science, history of philosophy and intellectual history. Philosophers of science and sociologists of scientific knowledge concerned with historical issues will also find the volume of relevance. Above all, the volume is addressed to anyone interested in current debates about the origin and nature of modern science.
: Humanities, Social Science and Law, René Descartes, Robert Hooke, Scientific Revolution, celestial mechanic, history of philosophy, issue, knowledge, natural philosophy, philosophy, science
