The Path to Post-Galilean Epistemology Reinterpreting the Birth of Modern Science
This book casts new light on the process that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries led to a profound transformation in the study of nature with the emergence of mechanistic philosophy, the new mixed mathematics, and the establishment of the experimental approach. It is argued that modern Europ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Series: | History of Mechanism and Machine Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Ancient mixed mathematics
- Skills and mathematics in the Renaissance Italy
- New forms of natural philosophy and mixed mathematics
- Galilean epistemology
- Post-Galilean epistemology. Experimental physico-mathematica
- Concluding remarks