1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004501530403321

Autore

Gannon, Franklin Reid

Titolo

The british press and Germany : 1936-1939 / Franklin Reid Gannon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1971

Descrizione fisica

XII, 314 p. ; 22 cm

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

7/IXC16

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910640386903321

Autore

Bussotti Paolo

Titolo

Cosmology in the Early Modern Age: A Web of Ideas / / by Paolo Bussotti, Brunello Lotti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

3-031-12195-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 pages)

Collana

Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, , 2214-9783 ; ; 56

Disciplina

895.6093538

Soggetti

Philosophy - History

Cosmology

Knowledge, Theory of

History of Philosophy

Epistemology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The elements of a cosmological model -- Chapter 2. Copernicus’ astronomical revolution



-- Chapter 3. Kepler: the cosmographer par excellence -- Chapter 4.Galileo and the spread of the Copernican system -- Chapter 5. Descartes and the new mechanistic paradigm -- Chapter 6. Huygens: the greatest Cartesian scientist -- Chapter 7. Newton and his system of the world -- Chapter 8. Leibniz: the philosopher-scientist -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Glossary of the Technical Terms -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Figures -- Index of Names.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume addresses the history and epistemology of early modern cosmology as a paradigmatic example of the intersections of scientific theories and philosophical issues. The authors reconstruct the development of cosmological ideas in the age of the ‘scientific revolution’ from Copernicus to Leibniz, taking into account the growth of a unified celestial-and-terrestrial mechanics. The volume investigates how, in the rise of the new science, cosmology displayed deep and multifaceted interrelations between philosophical concepts and scientific notions stemming from mechanics, mathematics and astronomy. Philosophical ideas were often employed to frame a general picture of the universe, as well as to criticize and interpret scientific notions and observational data. This interdisciplinary work reconstructs a conceptual web pervaded by various intellectual attitudes and drives. It presents a historical-epistemological itinerary which includes Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Huygens, Newton and Leibniz. For each of these authors, a presentation and commentary of their cosmological views is provided, and outlines of their most relevant physical concepts are given. Furthermore, the philosophical and epistemological implications of their scientific works are highlighted. The purpose of this work is to unravel the complex intertwining of the different aspects that characterized the emergence of a new view of the universe in the early modern centuries.