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ISBN10: 052152492X, ISBN13: 9780521524926, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 1.1 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
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Paperback / softback. New. This book is about the varying influence of theological conceptions of contingency and necessity on two versions of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century. Pierre Gassendi and Rene Descartes both believed that all natural phenomena could be explained in terms of matter and motion alone. ISBN 052152492x 9780521524926 [GB]
ISBN10: 052152492X, ISBN13: 9780521524926, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 1.1 [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
ISBN10: 052152492X, ISBN13: 9780521524926, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.1 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
ISBN10: 052152492X, ISBN13: 9780521524926, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Book is in NEW condition. 1.1 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
ISBN10: 052152492X, ISBN13: 9780521524926, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 1.1 [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
ISBN10: 052152492X, ISBN13: 9780521524926, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is about ways of understanding contingency and necessity in the world and how these ideas influenced the development of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century. It examines the transformation of medieval ideas about God's relationship to the creation into seventeenth century ideas about matter and method as embodied in early articulations of the mechanical philosophy. Medieval thinkers were primarily concerned with the theological problem of God's relationship to the world he created. They discussed questions about necessity and contingency as related to divine power. By the seventeenth century, the focus had shifted to natural philosophy and the extent and certitude of human knowledge. Underlying theological assumptions continued to be reflected in the epistemological and metaphysical orientations incorporated into different versions of the mechanical philosophy. The differences between Pierre Gassendi's (1592-1655) and Rene Descartes' (1596-1650) versions of the mechanical philosophy directly reflected the differences in their theological presuppositions. Gassendi described a world utterly contingent on divine will. This contingency expressed itself in his conviction that empirical methods are the only way to acquire knowledge about the natural world and that the matter of which a ...
ISBN10: 052152492X, ISBN13: 9780521524926, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is about ways of understanding contingency and necessity in the world and how these ideas influenced the development of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century. It examines the transformation of medieval ideas about God's relationship to the creation into seventeenth century ideas about matter and method as embodied in early articulations of the mechanical philosophy. Medieval thinkers were primarily concerned with the theological problem of God's relationship to the world he created. They discussed questions about necessity and contingency as related to divine power. By the seventeenth century, the focus had shifted to natural philosophy and the extent and certitude of human knowledge. Underlying theological assumptions continued to be reflected in the epistemological and metaphysical orientations incorporated into different versions of the mechanical philosophy. The differences between Pierre Gassendi's (1592-1655) and Rene Descartes' (1596-1650) versions of the mechanical philosophy directly reflected the differences in their theological presuppositions. Gassendi described a world utterly contingent on divine will. This contingency expressed itself in his conviction that empirical methods are the only way to acquire knowledge about the natural world and that the matter of which a ...
Cambridge University Press, Date: 2005-01-27. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2005. Cambridge University Press ISBN 052152492X 9780521524926 [US]
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