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On Method, Volume 2
Jacopo Zabarella
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Hardcover. Jacopo Zabarella's two treatises On Methods and On Regressus (1578) are among the most important Renaissance discussions of how scientific knowledge should be acquired, arranged, and transmitted. They belong to a lively debate about the order in which sciences should be taught and the method to be followed in demonstrations. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 412 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Jacopo Zabarella's two treatises On Methods and On Regressus (1578) are among the most important Renaissance discussions of how scientific knowledge should be acquired, arranged, and transmitted. They belong to a lively debate about the order in which sciences should be taught and the method to be followed in scientific demonstration that roiled the Late Renaissance world for decades. In these famous works Zabarella rejected the views of Ramists and modern Galenists in favor of the pure doctrine of Aristotle, freed from misunderstandings foisted upon it by medieval interpreters. The influence of these works on Galileo's scientific method and Descartes' ... Read more
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Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674724808
SKU
V9780674724808
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About Jacopo Zabarella
John P. McCaskey is a historian and philosopher of science and a visiting scholar at Stanford University and Brown University.
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