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Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science Ser.: Language of Nature : Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century by Benjamin Hill (2016, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
ISBN-100816699895
ISBN-139780816699896
eBay Product ID (ePID)219272349
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLanguage of Nature : Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century
SubjectPhilosophy & Social Aspects, History & Philosophy, General, Physics / General, Essays
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
AuthorBenjamin Hill
Subject AreaMathematics, Philosophy, Science
SeriesMinnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight20 Oz
Item Length9 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2015-036898
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Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal530.15
Table Of ContentContents Introduction Geoffrey Gorham, Benjamin Hill, and Edward Slowik 1. Reading the Book of Nature: The Ontological and Epistemological Underpinnings of Galileo's Mathematical Realism Carla Rita Palmerino 2. "The Marriage of Physics with Mathematics": Francis Bacon on Measurement, Mathematics and the Construction of a Mathematical Physics Dana Jalobeanu 3. On the Mathematization of Free Fall: Galileo, Descartes, and a History of Misconstrual Richard T. W. Arthur 4. The Mathematization of Nature in Descartes and the First Cartesians Roger Ariew 5. Laws of Nature and the Mathematics of Motion Daniel Garber 6. Ratios, Quotients, and the Language of Nature Douglas Jesseph 7. Color By Numbers: The Harmonious Palette in Early Modern Painting Eileen Reeves 8. The Role of Mathematical Practitioners and Mathematical Practice in Developing Mathematics as the Language of Nature Lesley B. Cormack 9. Leibniz on Order and the Notion of Substance: Mathematizing the Sciences of Metaphysics and Physics Kurt Smith 10. Leibniz's Harlequinade: Nature, Infinity, and the Limits of Mathematization Justin E. H. Smith 11. The Geometrical Method as a New Standard of Truth, Based on the Mathematization of Nature Ursula Goldenbaum 12. Philosophical Geometers and Geometrical Philosophers Christopher Smeenk Contributors Index
SynopsisAlthough the mathematization of nature is adistinctive and crucial feature of the emergence of modern science in theseventeenth century, this volume shows that it was a far more complex,contested, and context-dependent phenomenon than the received historiographyhas indicated., 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 status and practice of mathematics in various commercial, political, and academic institutions. Contributors: Roger Ariew, U of South Florida; Richard T. W. Arthur, McMaster U; Lesley B. Cormack, U of Alberta; Daniel Garber, Princeton U; Ursula Goldenbaum, Emory U; Dana Jalobeanu, U of Bucharest; Douglas Jesseph, U of South Florida; Carla Rita Palmerino, Radboud U, Nijmegen and Open U of the Netherlands; Eileen Reeves, Princeton U; Christopher Smeenk, Western U; Justin E. H. Smith, U of Paris 7; Kurt Smith, Bloomsburg U of Pennsylvania.
LC Classification NumberQC7.L224 2016
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