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9780367884253: The Idea of Principles in Early Modern Thought
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ISBN 10 : 0367884259 ISBN 13 : 9780367884253
Editeur : Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

This collection presents the first sustained examination of the nature and status of the idea of principles in early modern thought. Principles are almost ubiquitous in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: the term appears in famous book titles, such as Newton's Principia; the notion plays a central role in the thought of many leading philosophers, such as Leibniz's Principle of Sufficient Reason; and many of the great discoveries of the period, such as the Law of Gravitational Attraction, were described as principles.

Ranging from mathematics and law to chemistry, from natural and moral philosophy to natural theology, and covering some of the leading thinkers of the period, this volume presents ten compelling new essays that illustrate the centrality and importance of the idea of principles in early modern thought. It contains chapters by leading scholars in the field, including the Leibniz scholar Daniel Garber and the historian of chemistry William R. Newman, as well as exciting, emerging scholars, such as the Newton scholar Kirsten Walsh and a leading expert on experimental philosophy, Alberto Vanzo. The Idea of Principles in Early Modern Thought: Interdisciplinary Perspectives charts the terrain of one of the period's central concepts for the first time, and opens up new lines for further research.

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À propos de l?auteur

Peter R. Anstey is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He specializes in early modern philosophy with a particular focus on the philosophy of John Locke, experimental philosophy, and the philosophy of principles. He is the author of John Locke and Natural Philosophy (2011) and editor of The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century (2013).

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0367884259
ISBN 13 
9780367884253
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Éditeur
Anstey Peter R.
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non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10 :  1138211583 ISBN 13 :  9781138211582
Editeur : Routledge, 2017
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