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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462239503321

Autore

Grant Edward <1926->

Titolo

The nature of natural philosophy in the late Middle Ages [[electronic resource] /] / Edward Grant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8132-1817-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; ; v. 52

Disciplina

509.40902

Soggetti

Science, Medieval - Philosophy

Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

When did modern science begin? -- Science and the medieval university -- The condemnation of 1277, God's absolute power, and physical thought in the late Middle Ages -- God, science, and natural philosophy in the late Middle Ages -- Medieval departures from Aristotelian natural philosophy -- God and the medieval cosmos -- Scientific imagination in the Middle Ages -- Medieval natural philosophy : empiricism without observation -- Science and theology in the Middle Ages -- The fate of ancient Greek natural philosophy in the Middle Ages : Islam and western Christianity -- What was natural philosophy in the Middle Ages? -- Aristotelianism and the longevity of the medieval worldview.