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UNINA9910808921003321 |
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Autore |
Sorell Tom |
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Titolo |
Descartes : a very short introduction / / Tom Sorell |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-76995-9 |
9786611769956 |
0-19-154036-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Very short introductions ; ; 30 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Philosophy - History - 17th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987, in series: Past masters. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page -- Copyright Page -- Very Short Introduction -- Title Page -- Contents -- Texts and Translations -- List of Illustrations -- 1 Matter and Metaphysics -- 2 The Discovery of a Vocation -- 3 One Science, One Method -- 4 'Absolutes', Simple Natures, and Problems -- 5 Roaming about in the World -- 6 Paris -- 7 The Suppressed Physics -- 8 Three Specimens of a Method -- 9 A New 'Logic' -- 10 The Need for Metaphysics -- 11 The Meditations -- 12 Doubt without Scepticism? -- 13 The Theologians and the God of Physics -- 14 Ideas -- 15 The Mind -- 16 Body -- 17 The Physics made Public -- 18 The 'Other Sciences' -- 19 Last Days -- 20 Descartes's Ghost -- Further Reading -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this book, Tom Sorell shows Descartes as an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences. |
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