Metaphysics and Measurement: Essays in Scientific Revolution (Classics in the History and Philosophy of Science) - Softcover

Koyre, A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2881245757 ISBN 13: 9782881245756

Publisher: Routledge, 1992

Synopsis

This collection of six essays centers on Professor Koyré's great theme: the relative importance of metaphysics and observation, with controlled experiment a kind of marriage between the two. Professor Koyré's thesis might be summed up as a claim that when one is seeking to explain the scientific revolution, attention must be concentrated on the philosophical outlook of the scientist and away from speculative theories.
At the time of his death, Alexandre Koyré was a professor at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études (Sorbonne) and a memeber of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Review

Mature historians of science will experience thejoys of recognition as they read the several stimulating analyses of Galileos Platonism, and the students also will be benefited....
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There is no better introduction to the intellectual challenge of the subject.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 2881245757
• ISBN 13: 9782881245756
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 165