Cartesian Spacetime. Descartes' Physics and the Relational Theory of Space and Motion [International Archives of the History of Ideas, volume 181]
Language: English
Published by Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002
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cloth, duatjacket, 8vo xii+242 pp., 30 ills. this book comprises the first sustained attempt to construct a consistent 'Cartesian' spacetime theory; very good condition (almost unused).
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- Title
- Cartesian Spacetime. Descartes' Physics and the Relational Theory of Space and Motion [International Archives of the History of Ideas, volume 181]
- Author
- Slowik, Edward
- Publisher
- Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Publication year
- 2002
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1402002653
- ISBN 13
- 9781402002656
- Series
- Book 75 of 111: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
- Seller catalogs
- History of science
This book explores, consequently, the success of the arguments against Descartes' theory of space and motion by determining if it is possible to formulate a version that can eliminate its alleged problems. In essence, this book comprises the first sustained attempt to construct a consistent `Cartesian' spacetime theory: that is, a theory of space and time that consistently incorporates Descartes' various physical and metaphysical concepts.
Intended for students in the history of philosophy and science, this study reveals the sophisticated insights, and often quite successful elements, in Descartes' unjustly neglected relational theory of space and motion.
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