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Mastery of Nature : Promises and Prospects / / Svetozar Y. Minkov, Bernhardt L. Trout
| Mastery of Nature : Promises and Prospects / / Svetozar Y. Minkov, Bernhardt L. Trout |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Disciplina | 113 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy of nature - History
Science - Philosophy - History Technology - Philosophy - History Political science - Philosophy - History Progress - Philosophy - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8122-9486-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface / Lerner, Ralph -- Introduction / Doneson, Daniel A. / Minkov, Svetozar Y. / Trout, Bernhardt L. -- I. The Project for Mastery -- Chapter 1. Machiavelli and the Discovery of Fact / Mansfield, Harvey C. -- Chapter 2. The Place of the Treatment of the Conquest of Nature in Francis Bacon's On the Wisdom of the Ancients / Minkov, Svetozar Y. -- Chapter 3. Hobbes on Nature and Its Conquest / Stauffer, Devin -- Chapter 4. Devising Nature: An Essay on Descartes's Discourse on Method / Warner, Stuart D. -- Chapter 5. Montesquieu, Commerce, and Science / Schaub, Diana J. -- Chapter 6. Bacon and Franklin on Religion and Mastery of Nature / Weinberger, Jerry -- II. Ancient Alternatives and Anticipations -- Chapter 7. On the Supremacy of Contemplation in Aristotle and Plato / Bartlett, Robert C. -- Chapter 8. Xenophon and the Conquest of Nature / Nadon, Christopher -- Chapter 9. Lucretius on Rebelling Against the "Laws" of Nature / Ludwig, Paul -- III. Consequences, Critiques, and Corrections -- Chapter 10. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Return to Nature vs. Conquest of Nature / Melzer, Arthur -- Chapter 11. Kant on Organism and History: Ambiguous Endings / Velkley, Richard -- Chapter 12. Beyond the Island of Truth: Hegel and the Shipwreck of Science / Gillespie, Michael A. -- Chapter 13. Separating the Moral and Theological Prejudices and Taking Hold of Human Evolution / Boxel, Lise van -- Chapter 14. Mastery of Nature and Its Limits: The Question of Heidegger / Blitz, Mark -- Chapter 15. What Is Natural Philosophy? The Perspective of Contemporary Science / Schulman, Adam -- Chapter 16. Quantum Mechanics and Political Philosophy / Trout, Bernhardt L. -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910493172803321 |
| Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mastery of Nature : Promises and Prospects / / Svetozar Y. Minkov, Bernhardt L. Trout
| Mastery of Nature : Promises and Prospects / / Svetozar Y. Minkov, Bernhardt L. Trout |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Disciplina | 113 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy of nature - History
Science - Philosophy - History Technology - Philosophy - History Political science - Philosophy - History Progress - Philosophy - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
General
History of Science Natural History Philosophy Political Science Public Policy Science |
| ISBN | 0-8122-9486-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface / Lerner, Ralph -- Introduction / Doneson, Daniel A. / Minkov, Svetozar Y. / Trout, Bernhardt L. -- I. The Project for Mastery -- Chapter 1. Machiavelli and the Discovery of Fact / Mansfield, Harvey C. -- Chapter 2. The Place of the Treatment of the Conquest of Nature in Francis Bacon's On the Wisdom of the Ancients / Minkov, Svetozar Y. -- Chapter 3. Hobbes on Nature and Its Conquest / Stauffer, Devin -- Chapter 4. Devising Nature: An Essay on Descartes's Discourse on Method / Warner, Stuart D. -- Chapter 5. Montesquieu, Commerce, and Science / Schaub, Diana J. -- Chapter 6. Bacon and Franklin on Religion and Mastery of Nature / Weinberger, Jerry -- II. Ancient Alternatives and Anticipations -- Chapter 7. On the Supremacy of Contemplation in Aristotle and Plato / Bartlett, Robert C. -- Chapter 8. Xenophon and the Conquest of Nature / Nadon, Christopher -- Chapter 9. Lucretius on Rebelling Against the "Laws" of Nature / Ludwig, Paul -- III. Consequences, Critiques, and Corrections -- Chapter 10. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Return to Nature vs. Conquest of Nature / Melzer, Arthur -- Chapter 11. Kant on Organism and History: Ambiguous Endings / Velkley, Richard -- Chapter 12. Beyond the Island of Truth: Hegel and the Shipwreck of Science / Gillespie, Michael A. -- Chapter 13. Separating the Moral and Theological Prejudices and Taking Hold of Human Evolution / Boxel, Lise van -- Chapter 14. Mastery of Nature and Its Limits: The Question of Heidegger / Blitz, Mark -- Chapter 15. What Is Natural Philosophy? The Perspective of Contemporary Science / Schulman, Adam -- Chapter 16. Quantum Mechanics and Political Philosophy / Trout, Bernhardt L. -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796753903321 |
| Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Mastery of Nature : Promises and Prospects / / Svetozar Y. Minkov, Bernhardt L. Trout
| Mastery of Nature : Promises and Prospects / / Svetozar Y. Minkov, Bernhardt L. Trout |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Disciplina | 113 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy of nature - History
Science - Philosophy - History Technology - Philosophy - History Political science - Philosophy - History Progress - Philosophy - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
General
History of Science Natural History Philosophy Political Science Public Policy Science |
| ISBN | 0-8122-9486-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface / Lerner, Ralph -- Introduction / Doneson, Daniel A. / Minkov, Svetozar Y. / Trout, Bernhardt L. -- I. The Project for Mastery -- Chapter 1. Machiavelli and the Discovery of Fact / Mansfield, Harvey C. -- Chapter 2. The Place of the Treatment of the Conquest of Nature in Francis Bacon's On the Wisdom of the Ancients / Minkov, Svetozar Y. -- Chapter 3. Hobbes on Nature and Its Conquest / Stauffer, Devin -- Chapter 4. Devising Nature: An Essay on Descartes's Discourse on Method / Warner, Stuart D. -- Chapter 5. Montesquieu, Commerce, and Science / Schaub, Diana J. -- Chapter 6. Bacon and Franklin on Religion and Mastery of Nature / Weinberger, Jerry -- II. Ancient Alternatives and Anticipations -- Chapter 7. On the Supremacy of Contemplation in Aristotle and Plato / Bartlett, Robert C. -- Chapter 8. Xenophon and the Conquest of Nature / Nadon, Christopher -- Chapter 9. Lucretius on Rebelling Against the "Laws" of Nature / Ludwig, Paul -- III. Consequences, Critiques, and Corrections -- Chapter 10. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Return to Nature vs. Conquest of Nature / Melzer, Arthur -- Chapter 11. Kant on Organism and History: Ambiguous Endings / Velkley, Richard -- Chapter 12. Beyond the Island of Truth: Hegel and the Shipwreck of Science / Gillespie, Michael A. -- Chapter 13. Separating the Moral and Theological Prejudices and Taking Hold of Human Evolution / Boxel, Lise van -- Chapter 14. Mastery of Nature and Its Limits: The Question of Heidegger / Blitz, Mark -- Chapter 15. What Is Natural Philosophy? The Perspective of Contemporary Science / Schulman, Adam -- Chapter 16. Quantum Mechanics and Political Philosophy / Trout, Bernhardt L. -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816015003321 |
| Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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