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The Language of Nature: Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century
Heoffrey Gorham
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Paperback. Editor(s): Gorham, Geoffrey; Hill, Benjamin; Slowik, Edward; Waters, C.Kenneth. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Galileo's dictum that the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics is emblematic of the accepted view that the scientific revolution hinged on the conceptual and methodological integration of mathematics and natural philosophy. Although the mathematization of nature is a distinctive and crucial feature of the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century, this volume shows that it was a far more complex, contested, and context-dependent phenomenon than the received historiography has indicated, and that philosophical controversies about the implications of mathematization cannot be understood in isolation from broader social developments related to the ... Read more
Galileo's dictum that the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics is emblematic of the accepted view that the scientific revolution hinged on the conceptual and methodological integration of mathematics and natural philosophy. Although the mathematization of nature is a distinctive and crucial feature of the emergence of modern science in the seventeenth century, this volume shows that it was a far more complex, contested, and context-dependent phenomenon than the received historiography has indicated, and that philosophical controversies about the implications of mathematization cannot be understood in isolation from broader social developments related to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
568g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816699896
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V9780816699896
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About Heoffrey Gorham
Geoffrey Gorham is associate professor of philosophy at Macalester College. Benjamin Hill is associate professor of philosophy at University of Western Ontario. Edward Slowik is associate professor of philosophy at Winona State University. C. Kenneth Waters is professor of philosophy at the University of Calgary.
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