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Tradition and Innovation
James E. McGuire
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Description for Tradition and Innovation
Hardback. Focusing on questions of tradition and innovation and Newton's engaged response to the patterns of his contemporary culture, this title presents a stance that often challenges the scholarly orthodoxies. It includes essays that provide a basis for understanding and clarifying the inner dynamics of Newton's thought. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 592.
In my early years I was constituted in the exacting imperatives of philosophical analysis. That stern face is present in the composition of the Newton essays chosen here for republication. It is my hope that potential readers will be patient with the old Adam of analysis, and seize the portrait of Newton's intellec tual world presented in these essays. It is gratifying for me to acknowledge the encouragement of Robert Butts and John Nicholas of the University of Western Ontario, intellectual comrades in arms. It was at Western that I began my intellectual journey, and many of the present members ... Read more
In my early years I was constituted in the exacting imperatives of philosophical analysis. That stern face is present in the composition of the Newton essays chosen here for republication. It is my hope that potential readers will be patient with the old Adam of analysis, and seize the portrait of Newton's intellec tual world presented in these essays. It is gratifying for me to acknowledge the encouragement of Robert Butts and John Nicholas of the University of Western Ontario, intellectual comrades in arms. It was at Western that I began my intellectual journey, and many of the present members ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792336174
SKU
V9780792336174
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