LEADER 03378nam 22006615 450 001 9910438335703321 005 20200920130115.0 010 $a94-007-4560-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-4560-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000091176 035 $a(EBL)994488 035 $a(OCoLC)806230388 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000746060 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11930878 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000746060 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10863289 035 $a(PQKB)10280437 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-4560-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC994488 035 $a(PPN)168338343 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000091176 100 $a20120731d2013 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Natural philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg$b[electronic resource] $eA Study in the Conceptual Metaphors of the Mechanistic World-View /$fby David Duner 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (480 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in the History of Philosophy of Mind,$x1573-5834 ;$v11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-007-9821-0 311 $a94-007-4559-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. The space -- 3. The Sign -- 4. The wave -- 5. The sphere -- 6. The point -- 7. The spiral -- 8. The infinite -- 9. Conclusion. 330 $aAlthough Emanuel Swedenborg (1688?1772) is commonly known for his spiritual philosophy, his early career was focused on natural science. During this period, Swedenborg thought the world was like a gigantic machine, following the laws of mechanics and geometry. This volume analyses this mechanistic world-view from the cognitive perspective, by means of a study of the metaphors in Swedenborg?s texts. The author argues that these conceptual metaphors are vital skills of the creative mind and scientific thinking, used to create visual analogies and abstract ideas. This means that Swedenborg?s mechanistic and geometrical world-view allowed him to perceive the world as mechanical and geometrical. Swedenborg thought "with" books and pens. The reading gave him associations and clues, forced him to interpret, and gave him material for his intellectual development. 410 0$aStudies in the History of Philosophy of Mind,$x1573-5834 ;$v11 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aHistory 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aHistory of Philosophy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E15000 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 606 $aPhilosophy of Mind$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E31000 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 14$aHistory of Philosophy. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Mind. 676 $a113 676 $a501 700 $aDuner$b David$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0872924 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438335703321 996 $aThe Natural philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg$92503350 997 $aUNINA