The Dynamics of Aristotelian Natural Philosophy from Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century (MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SCIENCE) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004122400 ISBN 13: 9789004122406

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2002

Synopsis

This book explores the dynamics of the commentary and textbook traditions in Aristotelian natural philosophy under the headings of doctrine, method, and scientific and social status. It enquires what the evolution of the Aristotelian commentary tradition can tell us about the character of natural philosophy as a pedagogical tool, as a scientific enterprise, and as a background to modern scientific thought. In a unique attempt to cut old-fashioned historiographic divisions, it brings together scholars of ancient, medieval, Renaissance and seventeenth-century philosophy. The book covers a remarkably broad range of topics: it starts with the first Greek commentators and ends with Leibniz.

About this title

About the Author:

Cees Leijenhorst, Ph.D. (1998), Utrecht University, is a Researcher at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Natural Philosophy at the University of Nijmegen.
Christoph Lüthy, Ph.D. (1995), Harvard University, is a Research Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Natural Philosophy. He is the Editor of Early Science and Medicine, published by Brill.
Johannes M.M.H. Thijssen is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Natural Philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9004122400
• ISBN 13: 9789004122406
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 484