03192nam 2200601Ia 450 991078820590332120230124191406.01-4214-0961-5(CKB)3170000000060730(EBL)3318707(SSID)ssj0000950284(PQKBManifestationID)11529069(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950284(PQKBWorkID)11003502(PQKB)10605239(MiAaPQ)EBC3318707(OCoLC)857081832(MdBmJHUP)muse25411(Au-PeEL)EBL3318707(CaPaEBR)ebr10729543(EXLCZ)99317000000006073020121206d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIsaac Beeckman on matter and motion[electronic resource] mechanical philosophy in the making /Klaas van BerkelBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20131 online resource (276 p.)Revision of the author's thesis under title: Isaac Beeckman (1588-1637) en de mechanisering van het wereldbeeld.1-4214-0936-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Making of a Natural Philosopher, 1588�1619""; ""2 Schoolteacher and Craftsman, 1619�1627""; ""3 Among Patricians and Philosophers, 1627�1637""; ""4 Principles of Mechanical Philosophy I: Matter""; ""5 Principles of Mechanical Philosophy II: Motion""; ""6 Sources for a Mechanical Philosophy""; ""7 Beeckman and the Scientific Revolution""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliographic Essay""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""""U""""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z"""Historians of science and the philosophy of science find the substance and stance of Isaac Beeckman's thought highly interesting, for it represented an early attempt to develop a comprehensive picture of the world by means of mechanistic theory, that is, forces acting upon one another. Besides possibly influencing Descartes, this view broke away from medieval religious assumptions and belief in occult forces. Berkel teases out Beeckman's evolving approach to nature by means of his extensive journals, explaining the leading concept of "picturability." Beeckman supplied a stepping stone (one still not widely appreciated) on the path that led to the scientific revolution"--Provided by publisher.Science, RenaissanceScientistsNetherlandsBiographyPhilosophersNetherlandsBiographyScience, Renaissance.ScientistsPhilosophers509.2BSCI034000SCI075000HIS010000bisacshBerkel Klaas van1170486MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788205903321Isaac Beeckman on matter and motion3820769UNINA