Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science

Burtt, Edwin Arthur

ISBN 10: 1573924326 / ISBN 13: 9781573924320

Published by Prometheus Books, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573924326
• ISBN 13: 9781573924320
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

Analyzes the works of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Gilbert, Boyle, and Newton to establish the reasons for the triumph of the modern scientific perspective.  A criticism as well as a history of the change that made possible the rise of science, this volume is also a guide to understanding the methods and accomplishments of the great philosopher-scientists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

About the Author

Edwin Arthur Burtt (1892 – 1989) was an American philosopher who wrote extensively on the philosophy of religion. He was the Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University.