The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1680-1760
Author:   Stephen Gaukroger (University of Sydney)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199664665


Pages:   516
Publication Date:   01 November 2012
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Author:   Stephen Gaukroger (University of Sydney)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.734kg
ISBN:  

9780199664665


ISBN 10:   0199664668
Pages:   516
Publication Date:   01 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I 1: The Construction of a New World Picture 2: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy PART II 3: The Metaphysical Unity of Natural Philosophy 4: From Experimental Philosophy to Empiricism 5: Explaining the Phenomena PART III 6: Natural Philosophy and the Republic of Letters 7: The Realm of Reason PART IV 8: The Fortunes of a Unified Model of Natural Philosophy 9: Material Activity 10: Living and Dead Matter PART V 11: The Realm of Sensibility 12: Historical Understanding and the Human Condition Conclusion Bibliography of Works Cited Index

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It is impressively scholarly, interesting, and will no doubt take its place as an important contribution to the field of intellectual history. Kurt Smith, MIND


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Stephen Gaukroger was educated at London and Cambridge Universities. He is presently Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Sydney, where he also holds an ARC Professorial Research Fellowship, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He is author of seven books in the history of science and history of philosophy, including an intellectual biography of Descartes, as well as translations of the works of Descartes and Arnauld, and is editor of six collections of essays.

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